Phoenix EDM scene organizes to support families harmed by ICE

On the orders of President Donald Trump and thanks to an increased budget from Congress, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — better known as ICE — is ramping up its mass deportation efforts.

In Phoenix, an increase in deportations of longstanding, law-abiding community members has motivated political organizers and Phoenix electronic music scene heads to team up in an effort to raise money for families impacted by the Trump administration’s mass deportations .

The spark was a yearslong friendship between Sebastian Del Portillo, a political organizer with Organized Power in Numbers, and Lyle Begiebing, a city planning professional who also moonlights as a DJ, producer and event planner. The two reconnected in June in the wake of ICE raids and made a plan to rally local busi