It all started with a screenshot on Inauguration Day.
Celeste, a 30-year-old California-based digital creator and second-generation Mexican immigrant, was scrolling TikTok when she saw a post listing locations where people had spotted ICE agents. “I thought, there's got to be a better way to do this,” she recalls. “Or at the very least, visualize it—pick up on patterns or anything like that.” She decided to start a Google form where people could submit ICE sightings. She manually reviewed each submission and plotted it on Google Maps. Within hours of posting the link on social media, the map was gaining traction.
