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These things are pretty simple, two people talking. It takes a small amount of community interest not a big legal challenge or tons of petitioning. From my experience big cities are different but in small municipalities it is basically sharing a comment but you'll have to look up your specifics.
Someone standing up and saying, "Hey, it'd be really cool if we were able to plow the sidewalks and paths so we can walk around the city when it snows." can plant ideas. Nothing ever gets done in a day and it probably won't be within the next 2 years but getting the ball moving now is the best way to see change in a decade.
And on the not getting deported thing, get outside and talking to people like... It's cliche as fuck but get to know your neighbors. Walk your pet rock of it's awkward to hang out without something to do. Say hi to people, compliment their work and expression, ask them about themselves. Then like go your separate ways, maybe you'll see them again maybe not. But doing that over and over helps you find people. That's the start of your network and eventually your resistance. It's how you build community and community is how we keep us safe. It's not letting our fear rule us and telling strangers on the Internet to die, it's having trust in the goodness of others and that means showing goodness to others.
But like you do you mate, the Internet is here for you to share your anger, pretty sure that what it was designed for, I could be wrong.
My representative voted to fund ice, I'd sooner move than deal with the idiocy by me. If things keep going the way they are, I'll likely be federally sponsored to leave if you catch my drift.
I feel you friend, sounds like you're a couple rungs lower than me on the "they came for them" scale but the vitriol towards trans people let's me know I'm not too far behind. Last time this ideology crept up people like me got a state sponsored shower.
I'm searching for a way out while building community within my community. I only preach on lemmy when I'm taking care of loved ones, otherwise I'm out doing what I can.