Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance: “Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before”

Thousands of people protested against ICE at Powderhorn Park in Minnesota. Photograph Source: Fibonacci Blue – CC BY 4.0

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol began “Operation Metro Surge” targeting the Twin Cities nearly two months ago. Since then, they have taken the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti while terrorizing Minnesota’s immigrant communities.

The massive deployment of immigration officers to Minneapolis and Saint Paul has been met with an incredible response from the community.