As long as ICE exists, even with "safeguards" like body cameras and training, then we aren't safe.  Minnesota knows too well there is no real solution but to disband ICE.  Furthermore, other solutions to immigration can be found.  Spain announced on January 27 that it is granting legal status to hundreds of thousands of people already living and working there but lacking authorization.  Instead of ICE enforcement, we could do something like that and stop wasting taxpayer money pretending it will help anything to hunt innocent, hard working people down.

ICE and the Trump administration have been clear that the widespread opposition to their agenda—from everyday people to local leaders—has impeded ICE from carrying out its cruel, inhumane, and unlawful agenda.  ICE has lashed out with increased violence directed at protestors in Minneapolis, using tear gas and chemical irritants to punish people and obscure witnesses. And tensions have only escalated in the aftermath of the devastating murder of two citizens—Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were observing ICE’s operations.  But this brute force has been met with a wave of opposition from everyday people and local leaders, who have thwarted, intervened, and delayed ICE’s attempts to kidnap neighbors and violate civil liberties. Border Control Commander Greg Bovino himself admitted: "The groups are a bit better organized. They have some excellent communications, and that, coupled with a very poor response from the mayor and the governor, those two things coupled together make that a difficult operating environment." The Tenth Amendment makes it clear that the federal government cannot coerce states or cities into doing federal work. We need elected leaders everywhere to learn from Minneapolis, as well as Chicago, Portland, and Washington, D.C., and take steps now to do everything in their power to protect their residents from ICE’s unlawful occupation.  Add your name to the petition to demand governors and mayors commit to:  • Prohibiting state and city agencies from sharing  with ICE legally protected  information about residents to which ICE is not entitled.  • Declining to have local jails participate in voluntary programs of cooperation with ICE. • Blocking the expansion of immigration detention facilities, and visiting and investigating code violations for existing ICE detention facilities.  • Terminating any agreements that enlist local law enforcement to do ICE's bidding, directing local law enforcement to uphold the rights of residents, and directing them to arrest ICE agents who violate state law. • Banning ICE on city and state owned property, and not allowing ICE to use public property to stage ICE raids, including city-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots.   • Directing city and state resources to inform residents of their rights, provide legal representation for residents, and support communities being negatively impacted by ICE.  • Issuing an eviction moratorium and rent freeze if ICE does occupy the city to support residents who are unable to work, and supporting an emergency declaration to financially support families.  • Supporting city and statewide infrastructure for constituents to report abuses of power and unlawful behavior of ICE agents and Border Patrol. 

We can't let ICE and other federal agents to keep terrorizing our kids and neighbors. DC Council needs to stand up for us NOW. They must ban MPD from collaborating. They must hold ICE accountable. They must use their voices instead of being silent.  

Georgia is fourth highest in the nation for ICE arrests - and it is in no small part because of state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE/DHS. The Georgia Department of Public Safety - under which the Georgia State Patrol falls - has a so-called 287(g) agreement to cooperate with ICE.

Georgia is fourth highest in the nation for ICE arrests - and it is in no small part because of state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE/DHS.

To stop extremely high monthly BGE bills due to rising delivery cost approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission.

We will succeed in passing the Safe Communities Act (S.1681/H.2580) in the current 194th session at a time when it is most needed, given the militant excesses of NHS ICE agents.

The Trump administration released thousands of untrained, armed agents into Minnesota, creating a deadly crisis in Minneapolis—and now, it is trying to extort Minnesotan officials to end it.  For months the Trump administration has been trying to force states to hand over their private voter registration information to build the largest set of national voter roll data ever collected. While some Republican states have complied, even they have not gone so far as to provide unredacted voter rolls, as requested. Meanwhile, Democratic run states have refused to release any information, and are currently being sued by the Department of Justice for not giving in to this unprecedented request.  And with the midterm elections coming up in November, it’s clear they are using violence and intimidation to exploit states and advance their agenda. Given that the current administration is being led by a bunch of election deniers still refuse to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, experts are greatly concerned about how private voter data in their hands could be manipulated to undermine future election results.  Add your name to the petition to urge Governor Walz and governors across the country to not give into Trump’s threats and to protect private voter data! Our future elections could depend on it.

We deserve representation that serves our communities. Ripping apart families, violently detaining residents, citizens or non citizens alike is antithetical to a healthy democracy. Instead of funding violence, our tax dollars should go back into our communities for much needed social services.Tom Souzzi has broken trust with his voters repeatedly by breaking ranks with democrats to further white supremacist agendas. He needs to change course and represent the will of the people, the majority of whom want ICE abolished. The blood of Renée Good and Alex Pretti is on his hands. 

Masked, unidentified federal agents have been militarizing our cities and brutalizing our communities in order to carry out Trump’s extreme deportation agenda. These agents—outfitted for war—are showing up at schools, work places, immigration courts, and people’s homes, kidnapping and deporting our neighbors without any due process.  Vice President JD Vance argued that federal agents are protected by “absolute immunity” and boasted that their efforts are being ramped up, saying agents will soon be “going door to door.” This terrifying escalation of state violence makes it clear—something must change.  Our communities deserve safety, dignity, and justice. Minnesotans are showing up for Renee Nicole Good, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Kieth Porter, 5-year-old Liam Ramos who was abducted by ICE, and countless others. Now it’s time for Congress to show up for us and put an end to this terror. Congress can refuse to give ICE another dime and demand real accountability for the harm these agents inflict. But they need to hear from us, loudly and clearly, that we will not tolerate more funding for any agency that treats our neighbors as enemies. 

 The murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, followed by attempts to cover-ups the crimes and obstruct all legal processes to bring the guilty to justice, the Trump regime is rapidly expanding its tyrannical, fascist control of our country and the destruction of our democracy and rule of law. Unless We the People, from whom government derives its just powers, don’t stop the regime soon, their control will be as extensive as it is in Russia and other right-wing authoritarian governments where any dissent is violently suppressed.

Friends in Seminole County,  Please consider signing this petition to get ICE out of our beloved County. Let's let their cruelty strengthen our solidarity. 💪 Recent atrocities committed against both immigrants and citizens under the Trump administration have shone a light on abuses of power by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its parent agency, Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Since ICE and CBP were established in 2003, the agencies have terrorized immigrant communities, conducted unconstitutional border checkpoints, torn apart families, denied immigrants their due process rights, and subjected detained immigrants to physical, sexual, and mental abuse. The killing of Renee Good in Minnesota was the 9th ICE shooting since September 2025. ICE also received an influx of billions in additional funding from the so-called "One Big Beautiful" bill. The bill placed no guardrails or conditional oversight on the use of this money, essentially creating a $75 billion slush fund for ICE to continue their violent attacks on communities across the country. This lawless and violent agency must be defunded and dissolved for good. Thank you for standing up for our Community and making our streets safer for everyone.