It is happening right now
MigraWatch Hotline

Report ICE or CBP activity you are watching, and get guidance while it is happening.

(844) 363-1423

Run by United We Dream. You can also text 877877.

This site is a record, not an emergency service.

I need a lawyer
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas

Immigration legal representation. The closest option to Jasper, and Jasper County is explicitly among the nine counties they serve.

(409) 924-4413

2780 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, about an hour away. Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Recognized by the federal government to provide immigration legal services.

ccsetx.org/get-help

RAICES

Free and low-cost immigration help, including defense against deportation. Try here if Beaumont cannot take the case.

(833) 372-4237

Offices in San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston, so ask whether they can take someone from Jasper County.

raicestexas.org

National Immigration Legal Services Directory

Search by county for nonprofit immigration lawyers when the numbers above are full.

immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory

Lone Star Legal Aid, Nacogdoches

Not immigration, but this is the office covering Jasper County for eviction, wage theft, family law and crime-victim rights.

(936) 560-1455

414 East Pilar St, Nacogdoches. Toll free (800) 354-1889.

Someone I know was detained
ICE Online Detainee Locator

Find where a family member is being held.

You will need their full name and country of birth, or their A-number. This is why we never collect names on our report form. The information that finds someone is information their family already has, and a public list of detained people would only put them in more danger.

locator.ice.gov

Houston Immigrant Rights Hotline

A person answers: helps locate someone detained, explains what the law actually says, and refers you to a lawyer.

(833) 468-4664

It spells HOU-IMMI. Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese and French, with other languages on request.

Run by the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative with Boat People SOS, Catholic Charities, and Memorial Assistance Ministries.

I want to be ready in advance
ILRC Red Cards

Free wallet cards stating your rights. You hand one through a closed door instead of speaking.

59 languages including Spanish, free to print yourself, meant to be handed out widely.

ilrc.org/redcards

ACLU: Know Your Rights

What to do if agents come to your home, stop you in public, or come to your workplace.

aclu.org · en español

Our own Know Your Rights page

Five things in priority order, written for Jasper, and it works with no signal once you have opened it.

Read it →

Which agencies work with ICE?

287(g) lets ICE deputize local police for immigration enforcement. Two of ICE's three models are in use here, and the difference decides where you can be questioned:

  • Warrant Service Officer: officers serve ICE administrative warrants on people already held in the county jail. It does not reach the street.
  • Task Force Model: officers may question people about immigration status and make immigration arrests during ordinary police work, including a routine traffic stop.

ICE describes all three models itself, on its 287(g) program page, its fact sheet and its program brochure (PDFs).

AgencyModelSigned
Jasper County Sheriff's OfficeWarrant Service Officer Aug 7, 2025 · agreement
Jasper County Sheriff's OfficeTask Force Model Jul 7, 2026 · agreement not yet posted
Jasper County Constable, Precinct 6Task Force Model Jun 15, 2026 · agreement
Jasper Police Department (city)Task Force Model Jul 20, 2026 · agreement

These are four different offices. A county deputy, a constable and a city police officer are not the same thing, and only some of them hold task-force authority.

Source: ICE's own list of participating agencies, published on its 287(g) page. ICE re-issues that spreadsheet under a new dated file name as its roster changes, so we link the page rather than the file; we last checked the file dated October 9, 2026, which lists the same Jasper agencies with the same dates. We checked the federal record rather than relying on secondhand reporting. ICE has not yet posted the Sheriff's task-force agreement; its own list marks that one pending.

None of this changes your rights. An officer deputized under 287(g) still needs a warrant signed by a judge to enter your home, and you still have the right to remain silent. Know your rights.

Where are the license plate readers?

Turn on Flock on the map to see automatic license plate readers mapped in and around Jasper. These cameras photograph every passing plate and log where and when it was seen.

“Flock” is a brand, not a category. Flock Safety is the company that makes most of the readers around here, and the name has ended up standing in for the whole thing, the way Kleenex does for tissues. The map says Flock because that is what people call them and what is actually on these poles. If a reader from a different maker is ever mapped here, the button says Cameras instead, because by then the brand name would be wrong.

Locations come from OpenStreetMap, where anyone can add one. Coverage is partial and grows as neighbors survey the area. An empty stretch of road means nobody has mapped it yet, not that it is clear.

How readers come down. A camera is removed when the contract that pays for it is not renewed, and that is a vote by a city council or a county commissioners court, taken in public. The ACLU’s Get The Flock Out toolkit lays out how residents have asked for that — model policy, questions for a council meeting, what other towns did — and Finding Flock keeps a list of the places that have already ended theirs.

deflock.org is the fuller national map these locations come from, and where to add a reader you have spotted.

Is there a rapid-response line?
No. Not one based here.

A rapid-response network is a local phone tree: neighbors who can get to a scene quickly, witness what happens, and connect a family to a lawyer the same day. Jasper County does not have one.

Every hotline on this page answers from Houston or Beaumont, one to two hours away. They are real and they answer, but nobody is coming from down the road. For something happening right now, the MigraWatch hotline above is fastest, and 911 is the only number that reaches anyone locally.

Building one takes a small group willing to be called, an agreed script, and a lawyer to refer to, not funding and not permission. If you start one, we will list it here the day it exists.