Black and white logo for San Diego Ice Breakers featuring a butterfly surrounded by the text "San Diego Ice Breakers" and stars.
A butterfly logo with the text 'Los Angeles Ice Breakers' surrounding it, featuring stars on either side of the text.
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Ice Breakers

Join the Movement!

Ice Breakers exists now in three cities, driving relentless, creative resistance alongside impacted communities. We wield direct action, protest, theater, art, music, and education to force corporations supporting ICE and ERO to divest. By systematically cutting off their support, we dismantle the deportation machine.

Every Death Star has a weak spot.

ICE BREAKERS

Taking Down the Corporate Backbone of ICE

ICE doesn't run on its own — it runs on corporate support.

From hotel chains to tech giants, dozens of corporations profit directly from the detention, deportation, surveillance, and criminalization of immigrants.
They provide ICE with the infrastructure it needs to operate.
They lobby for ICE contracts behind closed doors.
They help ICE hide in plain sight.

We’re here to make that impossible.

What is ICE BREAKERS?

ICE BREAKERS is a grassroots corporate campaign to disrupt, expose, and cut off the private companies enabling ICE and ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations). We use escalating nonviolent direct action, public pressure, and coalition power to make corporate complicity a liability — not a business strategy.

How It Works:

Since 2018 we have been working at targeting small-to-mid-sized companies first, and scaling up.

  1. Phase One: Exposure
    We identify and publicly expose corporations contracting with ICE/ERO or aiding in enforcement, detention, and deportation.

  2. Phase Two: Escalation
    We launch creative direct actions, community pressure campaigns, and coalition outreach — increasing in intensity throughout Winter 2025.

  3. Phase Three: Disruption
    We build to globally visible, high-impact, nonviolent direct actions aimed at disrupting the entire supply chain that powers ICE.

Why It Matters

ICE relies on local contracts and private partnerships to operate. That means we can hit them where it hurts — not just through policy, but through grassroots disruption of their infrastructure.

If corporations stopped working with ICE, ICE couldn’t function.

Latest Action:

📍535 Almeda Occupy ICE LA 24/7 protest. Our team has been working diligently to support all those on the ground fighting for justice at Occupy ICE LA it feels like we are rebuilding society from the ground up.

📍MacArthur Park June 7th 12:45pm

We demonstrated community defense to protect vulnerable people as Marines, ICE Agents, and Federal Agents descended in a massive show of force to the park.


📍 Pasadena, CA – June 2025
Community members exposed ICE vehicles staged at an AC Hotel location. GAIA mobilized alongside day laborer networks and immigrant rights groups to launch the first wave of hotel pressure.

Get Involved Now

Coming Winter 2025:

Projection art. Flyering campaigns. Nonviolent disruption.
We’re building toward an unstoppable wave of resistance — powered by people, not politicians.

ICE BREAKERS is a project of GAIA — Grassroots Activist International Association
Built by organizers. Backed by community. Aimed at ending corporate complicity in deportation and detention.

[🏠 Back to Campaigns] | [📬 Contact Us] | [🧊 @breakiceLA @BreakiceSD, @Icebreakers,]

What makes Gaia different? We’re not just another nonprofit. We’re a movement with teeth. First and foremost, Gaia is truly grassroots. 100% of our funding and support comes from canvassing, which means we’re accountable only to our
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A group of people dressed in colorful costumes and masks are playing musical instruments outdoors near a train track, holding a flag that reads 'Unpresidened Brass Band.'
A black and white drawing of diverse people, with colorful rainbow streaks in the background, promoting a rally and concert against ICE on Saturday, January 26th, from 2 to 6 PM at ICE PDX.
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A group of people gathered at a train station platform, some standing near the shelter and others sitting on the ground, with railroad tracks in the foreground and a modern building in the background.
A group of musicians playing instruments outside near a railway track during dusk, some wearing costumes and accessories, with a banner reading 'BRASS BAND' and buildings in the background.
A man standing outside holding a protest sign about families and resistance. There are children in the background and a building with large glass windows.
People protesting on a sidewalk with signs, including a large paper-mâché rocket labeled 'ICE BUSTER,' in front of a school building.
Silhouette of a marching band playing instruments outdoors with the sun setting behind, and a flag reading 'Unpresidented Brass Band' in the foreground.
Group of people gathered outdoors in front of a small wooden building with a sign that reads "The Happy Camper". The group includes men and women of various ages, some wearing jackets, hats, and sunglasses, with one person taking a photo or video.
A group of musicians playing brass instruments outdoors in front of a modern building with people watching.
Two women wearing superhero masks and capes, hugging each other on a sidewalk next to train tracks, with other people in the background and modern buildings nearby.
A group of children dressed in colorful costumes with masks playing near a railroad track and a crowd of people standing in a line outside a building in the background.
A man wearing a purple mask and purple cape standing on a city street with several pedestrians nearby, under a blue sky.
A large protest sculpture resembling a robot unicorn with a sign that reads 'ICE BUSTED' stands on a city street. Several people are gathered nearby, some talking and others observing the sculpture. Buildings and a few cars are visible in the backgro
People protesting at a border holding signs with messages about child abuse, justice, and welcoming strangers, with a large puppet of an ICE agent labeled 'ICE BUSTER' in front.
A large ice crusher sculpture with a sign reading 'ICE CRUSHER' in front of a building and a streetlamp, with power lines overhead and a clear sky.
Group of protesters wearing colorful masks holding signs, standing in front of a large sign that reads ICE BUSTER. The signs include messages such as "Using children as political pawns is child abuse," "Required compassion and justice for the strange
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