by Shane Burley | Jan 22, 2026 | Article, ICE, Politics and Movements: US, Portland, Prisons and Policing
While protests have been continuous in Portland, Oregon—and around much of the country—over the last year, crowds have flooded city streets as a reaction to shocking moments of ICE violence. On Wednesday, January 7, ICE agents shot and killed a Minneapolis legal observer, Renee Good. The community response was swift as protests filled the icy streets of the Twin Cities, and Mayor Jacob Frey vocally demanded ICE “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” The federal government’s response was to have the FBI take over the investigation of the shooting, blocking local and state law enforcement. The White House blamed Good’s death on a “left-wing conspiracy” and lied about the events that took place.
The following day, two people were shot by ICE officers in their vehicle near Adventist Health hospital in the southeast side of Portland. ICE claims, like the officers did in Minneapolis, that the two alleged Venezuelan migrants had “weaponized their vehicle.” After being shot the two fled in their vehicle three miles to an apartment complex parking lot where they ultimately made an emergency medical call and were subsequently arrested and sent to separate critical care hospitals. DHS then went to social media to post photos of the alleged arrestees, saying, without providing evidence, that they were associates of the Tren de Aragua gang and involved in sex crimes.
“This is Oregon. We do not need you. You’re not welcome. And you need to get the hell out of our community,” said Oregon State Senator Casey Jama, himself a former refugee from Somalia, at a press conference just hours after the shooting.
Within hours, organizations called for demonstrations. Labor unions
by Jake Johnson | Jan 22, 2026 | ICE, immigration, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, Texas
Federal immigration agents have detained at least four children from Minnesota public schools over the past two weeks, including a 5-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl who were both sent to Texas detention centers that have come under fire for grotesque conditions. Zena Stenvik, the superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools, held a press conference on Wednesday to provide details of…
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by Sasha Abramsky | Jan 22, 2026 | Department of Homeland Security, DHS, far right, Fascism, ICE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Op-Ed, Propaganda, Renee Nicole Good, Trump Administration, White Nationalism, White Supremacy
Under Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has gone on an explicitly fascist zag as it seeks to recruit 10,000 additional U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Robert Reich and others have detailed in recent weeks how ICE is now actively seeking to recruit extremist young men from gun shows, Ultimate Fight Club venues, rodeos, martial arts centers…
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by Adam Johnson | Jan 22, 2026 | Article, ICE, Minneapolis, Opinion, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing
In response to the January 7 ICE murder of Renee Good and the broader, untenable ICE terror campaign Trump unleashed on Minneapolis—and other major US cities—congressional Democrats are under increasing grassroots pressure to do something, anything, to fight back against the lawlessness and brazen violence of Trump’s deportation machine.
Democratic leadership, who yesterday refused to fund an upcoming DHS bill because it did not “do enough to rein in ICE,” have spent the past few weeks establishing their line in the sand. And what they appear to have settled on is a typical suite of pseudo-reforms, cosmetic PR and HR tweaks, body-worn cameras, and more money for “training,” all of which will do nothing to meaningfully alter the calculus for the Trump White House or ICE. Democrats are running through the motions of opposition in exchange for “guardrails” that will do little to nothing to address the central issues, while refusing to meaningfully tackle the source of ICE’s power—namely, its immunity from prosecution and obscene funding levels. Put another way: Democrats are responding to the killing of Renee Good by pushing reforms that would have done nothing to prevent the killing of Renee Good, and thus will do nothing to prevent future killings of other Renee Goods.
Democrats are running through the motions of opposition in exchange for “guardrails” that will do little to nothing to address the central issues, while refusing to meaningfully tackle the source of ICE’s power—namely, its immunity from prosecution and obscene funding levels.
The exact prescriptions offered by Democrats are difficult to pin down. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in particular, has remained vague about what his demands
by Theia Chatelle | Jan 22, 2026 | Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, labor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, Strikes
There is a general strike on the horizon in Minneapolis. More than 50 Minnesota labor unions, nonprofits, and other community organizations have signed onto a January 23 Day of Action, which calls for a complete “economic blackout” in the state. “No work. No school. No shopping,” its posters declare. Some of Minnesota’s largest labor unions are leading the way…
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by Maximillian Alvarez | Jan 22, 2026 | ICE, labor, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, Racial Justice, Trump, Working People
