From Fox News:
Fox News Digital has reviewed days of messages inside Signal chat rooms that reveal that a new internal feud has erupted inside the anti-ICE protest industry, pitting immigrant-led organizations against predominately White “rapid response” networks that have made whistle-blowing a dramatic part of anti-ICE protests.
In one dismissal, a “rapid responder” in Seattle reported back that “immigrant networks are being weird.”
Groups from Seattle to Montgomery County, Md., are telling mostly White “rapid responders” to back off a dynamic described by activists as “White Savior,” reminding them they are not cameo actors in an “action movie” against ICE.
Whistle-blowing has been used by mostly White rapid responders in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Seattle to alert neighborhoods of federal immigration agents and create public pressure.
Over the weekend, the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN), a Seattle-based immigrant-led organization, publicly criticized the use of whistles, sparking backlash among mostly White liberal activists.
The group said that whistle tactics have “increased fear, drawn unwanted attention, and interfered with rapid response efforts.”
“WHY WAISN RAPID RESPONSE DOES NOT USE WHISTLES,” the group wrote on Instagram. “We show up with care and accountability, not noise or panic.”
“It is not about being the loudest, the bravest, or the most visible person on the scene or confronting immigration agents. It is a commitment to non-violence, discipline and harm reduction, centering the well-being of the most vulnerable immigrant and refugee committees in Washington,” WAISN explained.
Translation: Put the whistles away.
Some activists dismissed the directive, with one saying that people like whistles, so the whistles would stay.
Then, the Snohomish County Indivisible, a chapter of the national nonprofit Indivisible, paused distributing whistle kits as advised. The chapter cautioned against activists positioning themselves as rescuers, potentially falling into a “White Savior” dynamic.
“The use of whistles is complex, and we recognize this decision may be disappointing,” the Indivisible chapter said. “It is essential that we avoid falling into a ‘White Savior’ dynamic, centering ourselves as rescuers, acting on communities rather than with them, or prioritizing feeling helpful over building real, shared power.”
One “rapid responder” from the Seattle group called the concerns as “vaguely condescending,” saying that even if the whistles are “traumatizing,” that is “no worse than being actually kidnapped, or watching it happen in front of your house.”
Others attacked the immigrant-led nonprofit, saying it is self-interested and risk-averse. One person complained, they are “careerists at nonprofits” who don’t put the “cause over their job.”
A separate commenter alluded to long-term nonprofit workers too accepting, saying they drank the “koolaid” and calling their approach “fed coded.”
While some activist vowed to print whistles on 3-D printers and remove the group’s contact number from their materials, others pushed back. One said she was “very uncomfortable” with the “derogatory remarks” aimed at the immigrant organization.
Immigrants are now telling the totally White response teams to stop blowing the whistles because it's weird. Calling them actors in an action movie called White Savior. It's about time they calmed down these crazy White Liberal's acting like knuckleheads around Ice. It's becoming…
— Michael Legero #MAGAveteran (@LegeroMichael) February 7, 2026
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