As Minnesotans organize a general strike tomorrow to oppose the ICE attack on their state — businesses closing, restaurants shuttered, schools shut down, etc. — Anat Shenker-Osorio tells the rest of us how we can support this:
"It suggests a conspiracy within ICE leadership to deprive people of their civil rights—all while hiding the evidence, in the form of a written departmental memo, purporting to authorize the conduct."
"Per a blockbuster report by the Associated Press, ICE agents have received actual secret instructions from their higher-ups to disregard established Fourth Amendment home protections. This is not just a violation of our cherished constitutionally guaranteed liberties."
"Vance is visiting the Twin Cities today, and they’ve launched a new operation in Maine. For in their collective madness this will to power, this need to feel their boot on our neck, their seizing of Gaza and Venezuela - all of it has become the central project of the regime. It is not about what is good for the country. It is about more and more power and control."
We must remember at all times that Trump has chosen not to govern with us, or for us, but against us - for they are scared of us, of the power of the people
"This [i.e., ICE breaking into homes without a valid warrant] is a deeply disturbing development and one we’ll be following closely. It is such a departure from established Fourth Amendment rules that it’s perilously close to open disregard for constitutional rights."
"Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches."
"A family-commissioned autopsy found that Renee Good was shot three times—including a fatal head wound—by an officer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a Minneapolis encounter, sharply contradicting federal claims of self-defense from the Department of Homeland Security and prompting an ongoing investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation amid criticism from state and local leaders."
"This is only the latest cruel outrage I’ve heard about. All this is being done in our name — the United States of America — with our authority, our tax dollars, and, seemingly, our acquiescence."
"ICE agents have kidnapped a 5-year-old child to use him as “bait” to arrest his parents. The child and his father are now in a detention center in Texas, although no one knows their exact whereabouts. They were in America legally."
"The Columbia Heights [Minnesota] Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year-old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as 'bait' to draw family members out of their home."
Pressekonferenz von Ärzt*innen in #Minnesota. Sie berichten über die Auswirkungen von #ICE in den Spitälern.
Schwer kranke Menschen, die aus Angst, das Haus zu verlassen, tagelang warten, bis sie die Notfallaufnahme aufsuchen.
ICE-Schergen, die vor den Notfallaufnahmen stehen und "verdächtig aussehende Menschen" festnehmen.
ICE-Schergen, die in die Behandlungszimmer eindringen, Menschen vom Untersuchungstisch weg festnehmen und das medizinische Personal sowie auch die Security und die lokale Polizei bedrohen.
Abteilungen, wo die Hälfte des Personals - oft Latino oder Somali - aus Angst nicht mehr in die Arbeit kommen (Leute, die in der schlimmsten Zeit der Pandemie keinen Tag gefehlt haben).
Verletzte, die von ICE in die Unfallabteilung gebracht werden, deren Verletzungen mit den Schilderungen von ICE nicht zusammenpassen, aber daran gehindert werden, selbst den Unfallhergang zu schildern.
Anm.: In Ermangelung eines besseren Wortes habe ich "ICE agents" mit "ICE-Beamte" übersetzt. Im vollen Wissen, dass es sich eigentlich nicht um Beamte handelt.
@biene schlug "Schergen" vor, und ich ärgere mich, dass ich nicht selbst auf die Idee gekommen bin.
Minnesota physicians will hold a press conference to detail obstructions to care caused by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota health ca...
"It’s sad that it feels like we are going back in time, but I am happy to see that Minnesotans are going out and speaking up. We need to speak up and be in solidarity to see change, that is the only way we can turn the tide. …
Imagine what our lives would be if we chose to do nothing? We have to fight against injustice. ...
Adrian Carrasquillo quotes an 81-year-old donor to Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action in Minnesota. The donor lives in Brooklyn but grew up in Minnesota. He grew up during the Vietnam War and actively protested it. He says,
"David Rudovsky, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, also noted the similarities. 'I think about the civil rights movement in the South and how Southern law enforcement reacted with hoses, dogs and lynchings,' he said.
Images of Birmingham’s police dogs sinking their teeth into protesters shocked the world. The aggressive conduct of federal agents in Minneapolis has also raised alarm, particularly following the shooting death of Ms. Good."
"Ms. [Michele] Goodwin was one of several legal scholars and criminal justice experts who said the conduct of ICE agents during Operation Metro Surge, the government’s name for its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, evoked the attacks by police officers in Birmingham, Ala., on civil rights protesters in 1963."
“The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power.”
"Despite what might seem like their overwhelming force, those 3,000 CBP agents and ICE officers are wildly outnumbered by Angry Minnesota Neighbors. Moreover, these Bovino operations are hugely resource-intensive, and can only happen in 2-3 cities at the same time across the country.
The terror — and danger — is real, yes, but don’t let that blind you to the fact that right now on America’s streets, good people are winning."
"We know precisely how much of ICE and CBP’s current strategy is just out-and-out racial profiling because during the brief window last summer when an LA judge ordered them to stop racial profiling, arrests dropped by 2/3.
The deportation rate of people without criminal convictions went up nearly ten-fold in 2025, and the rate of deportations of people who have been in the US for four years or longer nearly tripled."
"Now ICE officers are cruising the streets of America without any idea who they’re looking for — they’re conducting 'Kavanaugh Stops,' profiling people of color anywhere they dare show their face in public. Heavily armed CBP agents, meanwhile, are raiding Home Depot parking lots to round up day laborers because it’s the low-hanging fruit of immigration enforcement."
"There is a US city living under occupation by fascist presidential secret police right now. ...
The moment that Stephen Miller set his '3000 arrests a day' quote last spring, ICE and CBP had to abandon any pretext of doing targeted enforcement operations; it took too long and required too many officers."
"[Brooklyn Park Mark] Bruley’s words show that ICE is not only engaging in racial profiling; they are desperate. It’s now known that the Trump administration feels that it can target just about anyone in its immigration enforcement efforts, contrary to laws and the Constitution."
"Further, all three said their own off-duty officers of color — all US citizens — had reported being pulled over by ICE thugs who wanted to see their 'immigration' papers, noting that if it can happen to cops in their private vehicles, it can happen to anyone."
"All three of the top local cops said they were getting 'endless complaints from US citizens' about harassment by ICE, and that DHS hasn’t done dick to communicate with local law enforcement."
"Donald Trump’s federal occupation of Minnesota’s Twin Cities has poured something like 3,000 deportation officers into the area, and on Tuesday a trio of local police leaders held a press conference at the state Capitol to warn that the DHS goons’ out of control actions are undermining the public’s trust in law enforcement."
"Minnesota police chiefs came out against ICE tactics as civil rights violations after numerous off-duty officers of color were repeatedly stopped by federal agents."
I need people outside #Minnesota to understand - the people being ruffed up aren't violent narco terrorists. These aren't dangerous, paid political agitators. The camo cosplayers are deeply disturbed bullies told they have impunity, getting their rocks off on anyone who dare tells them "no".
“Why detain a 5-year-old? You can’t tell me that this #child is going to be classified as a violent criminal,” Zena Stenvik, the Columbia Heights superintendent, told reporters Wednesday.
According to Stenvik, masked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday as he returned home from school with his father.
#ICE detains 5-year old #Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained 4 of its students in 4 separate incidents over the last 2 weeks. One #child is #LiamRamos, a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school & was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.
