"Since the murder of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE agent on January 7, 2025, in Minneapolis, MN, more than 3,000 agents have swarmed the city. ICE has escalated violence against immigrants, activists, legal observers, and passersby in the city: threatening "obstructors," conducting violent arrests, and arbitrarily using chemical irritants that have sent families to the hospital. The federal agency is also refusing to allow state representatives access to those in detention or the missing detained."
"Minnesotans have helped raise over a million dollars for Good's family, delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding, moved to remote learning to protect students, and towed cars home for free when drivers have been detained. Minnesotans continue to be taken. Many of them, like Nasra Ahmed, who was detained for two days, are US citizens. Some, like the members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, remain missing after being abducted by ICE."
An ICE agent killed Renee Macklin Good on January 7, 2025, in Minneapolis, prompting deployment of over 3,000 ICE agents. ICE agents escalated violence against immigrants, activists, legal observers, and passersby, threatening "obstructors," conducting violent arrests, and using chemical irritants that hospitalized families. The agency is refusing state representatives access to detainees and missing persons. The federal government threatened to cut SNAP and USDA funding to Minnesota and opened investigations into Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. The schism with the Trump administration intensified tensions and mobilized widespread community resistance expressed through fundraising, grocery deliveries, remote learning, free car towing, mass calls, and a planned general strike.
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