In the spring of 2020, I received a CLACLS fellowship to do research in Guatemala. In the summer of 2020, I was going to participate in a Maya K’iche’ language program. While in Iximulew, my plan was to conduct oral history interviews about migration and the asylum process with several Maya K’iche’ co-researchers. However, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, my research plan for the summer drastically changed. I could no longer gather the interviews. Also, concerns about cyber surveillance made it impossible to gather sensitive information over any technological communication platform. Over the summer, I continued having critical conversations about cybersecurity in the context of doing research with immigrant communities. Presently, I am delving deeper into issues of cyber surveillance & risks and cybersecurity. Namely, as complementary to my own research with immigrant communities, I am looking at how the nation-state known as the United States of America weaponizes technology in order to repress, threaten, and traumatize immigrant communities. Specifically, I am looking at any possible strategic ways in which immigrant co-researchers can “safely” (using “safely” loosely here) share their personal narratives without putting themselves at risk of any potential escalation by the settler U.S. nation-state.