‘Melt the ICE’ Organizers Share Lessons Ahead of Week of Action Against ICE
Organizers with "Melt the ICE" shared some reflections and lessons on ICE resistance tactics in the lead-up to a week of action in Minnesota.
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ICE in Minnesota — Days 72-77: ICE Raids Continue After Politicians Declare Operation Over, Food Security Plummets as Economy Damaged
Continuing our news briefs documenting ICE in Minnesota, catch up on some of the ICE activity in the state during days 72-77.
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until ‘Land Back’
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota people, and invite state officials like Gov. Tim Walz, and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to have a conversation.
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest Again at Fourth Graduate Noise Demo
A mixture of state and local police arrested at least a dozen protesters on Thursday night after a noise demo outside of the Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis.
ICE in Minnesota – Days 57-62: Masses Protest ICE While Violence Continues and Feds Indict Journalists
Minneapolis, MN – In the week after the third shooting, and second killing, by federal law enforcement in the Twin Cities, the landscape has somewhat shifted while the federal occupation under Operation Metro Surge has continued its violent ways; tens of thousands of community members…
Large Noise Demo Against ICE Crashed by Police Who Arrest 30
Minneapolis, MN — Over a thousand protesters visited two hotels in downtown Minneapolis on Friday night, equipped with loud noise makers, in an attempt to disrupt the sleep of any ICE officers who may be staying in the hotels. More than four hours into the…
DHS and Protesters Face off at Whipple Federal Building
Agents shot less lethal rounds and arrested at least two protesters gathered outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota on Friday.