The government created Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2003, the same time the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established, as a post-9/11 fearmongering tactic that reframed our immigrant neighbors as a domestic threat.  Every year, the government spends billions of dollars to uphold the largest detention system in the world—a system designed to detain and deport immigrants who came to the U.S. seeking a brighter future for themselves and their families. And instead, are met with intimidation, neglect, and even violence.  Every year, thousands of people have their rights violated by a system that operates with very little oversight and accountability. People are denied access to medical care. They are subject to subpar living conditions. They experience preventable illnesses and injuries. And every year, people die at the hands of our government in immigration detention.  Every year, people come forward with complaints of sexual assault and physical abuse under DHS’s watch. Only a fraction of those complaints are ever investigated. Why? Because there is no independent oversight—ICE and DHS are responsible for investigating complaints and auditing immigrant prisons and jails. And they don’t want to.  We can’t reform a system that—at its core—is cruel and inhumane. We can’t reform a system whose primary reason for existence is to vilify, detain, and deport our neighbors. A system that is too easily manipulated and exploited by bad actors, time and time again.  We need to abolish ICE. We need to redirect funds to a just and fair immigration system that provides a pathway to citizenship for the millions of people who live, work, and care for their families here. And we need to ensure that every single person in this country is treated with the same dignity and respect—their civil rights upheld.  >>Add your name to the petition NOW to demand we abolish ICE and stop its campaign of terror!<<

ICE is being directed to attack communities in our homes, schools, and streets. The horrible and unjustifiable murders of Minnesotans Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of ICE agents show how shameless they are about assaulting our rights.  They’re terrorizing our communities right before our eyes. Trump’s administration will keep doubling down on violence against our communities, weaponizing ICE against us—and working to cover it up. We refuse to stay silent. From schools to sidewalks, playgrounds to public spaces, the presence of ICE only makes our communities less safe. ICE has no place in our communities—not in Minnesota, not anywhere. Demand ICE retreat from our communities now.

The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration unprecedented power to strip legal status from immigrant families, putting more than 1.3 million Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders at risk and opening the door to broader attacks on DACA recipients, refugees, and other immigrants with lawful status. At the same time, millions of undocumented people are already facing ICE's terrifying attacks while trying to navigate an inhumane, overly complex immigration system.  Congress must reject Trump's mass de-documentation agenda and fix our broken immigration system by creating a fair, accessible pathway to citizenship for TPS holders, Dreamers, and other immigrant community members. Families who have built their lives here deserve permanent stability, not the constant fear that a court ruling or change in administration could take everything away. Add your name to demand that Congress stand up to Trump's cruel attacks on immigrant communities and pass a pathway to citizenship that provides lasting security for our neighbors.

Families are being ripped apart, from Los Angeles to Minneapolis to D.C. and countless communities in between. Children are learning about their parents' disappearance via social media, and ICE has ramped up its retaliatory detentions—detaining immigrants who have spoken out about the cruel policies of the Trump administration.  Since Trump’s second term began, the number of people abducted by ICE skyrocketed by 84%, and it’s all funded by a staggering $45 billion investment in ICE’s inhumane deportation campaign.  Let's be clear: These detentions aren’t arrests—they’re kidnappings. Immigrants are being detained indiscriminately and given little to no access to due process or mechanisms to be released.  Sign the petition to demand ICE release thousands of people who have been abducted from their communities >>

Minnesota families are living in fear. With federal agents menacing our neighborhoods and the horrifying loss of two community members, we need action. The sports team owners who profit on Minnesota’s deep passion for athletics must speak up. Renee Good and Alex Pretti sacrificed their lives to protect our community. The owners of these teams have an obligation to keep their fans safe while representing the values of our community. Minnesotans competing in the Olympics are united with us in this struggle. Team USA curler Rich Ruohonen emphasized, “We have a constitution. What’s happening in Minnesota is unjust.” Vikings legend John Randle passionately voiced his support, stating, “I love Minnesota and stand with my entire community. #iceout.” It’s time for our Minnesota team owners to demonstrate leadership and firmly declare that ICE and federal agents will not be permitted to intimidate fans at games. Additionally, these owners should use their influence with President Trump to convey a clear message: Minnesotans want ICE permanently removed from our state!

Update 2/4/26: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released from custody but their charges remain.  In this country, under the First Amendment, reporters are free to view, document, and share information with the public. And that’s exactly what these journalists were doing in Minnesota.  From day one of Trump’s second term, this administration has been attacking the free press. From defunding public media to banning press outlets from White House press briefings to removing legacy media outlets from the Pentagon and attacking individual journalists, the administration has worked not only to discredit valid reporting as “fake news” but taken major steps to control and shut down the free press. The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a major escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the First Amendment, jeopardizing freedom of the press and ultimately threatening all of our rights. Demand that the Trump administration immediately drop federal charges against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort!

DHS under Secretary Noem can be quickly summed up: Impunity. Injustice. Slanderous propaganda. Violence. As out-of-control ICE and CBP agents kill with impunity in our communities, Kristi Noem has proven herself to be utterly unfit to lead the Department of Homeland Security and rein in this violence. Indeed, she’s often spurred it on. We will never get the accountability we deserve so long as Noem is leading DHS, which is why Congress must take matters into its own hands and push her out.

Why This Petition Matters Illinois Medicaid dental coverage often exists in name only. In many parts of the state, especially rural and southern Illinois, there are no dentists or oral surgeons who accept Medicaid, leaving patients without real access to care. Untreated dental problems become medical emergencies, increasing suffering and healthcare costs. This petition calls on Illinois to ensure Medicaid dental coverage provides real, timely, and geographically accessible care.

The Constitution guarantees American citizens and immigrants rights and liberties. We elect our leaders to uphold the Constitution and to protect our rights and freedoms; not to look away as federal agencies are given license to strip them away. Currently, ICE and BP officers are disappearing people off the streets and detaining them with no due process, they’re smashing car windows to gain access to people, requiring people to provide proof of citizenship on the spot, and killing people without cause. These actions are antithetical to our democracy, our security and our liberty. We elect our leaders to represent us, the American people, and our democracy not to uphold the extreme tactics of an administration. We need our leaders to fulfill their vows to the constitution. We need our leaders to step forward with courage to protect the people who voted for them and that pay their salaries. We need them to do so now before our precious democracy is lost.

A vast collection of peer-reviewed science shows that if the proposed Twin Metals mine was built along the rivers and streams flowing into the wilderness, pollution and environmental degradation would be certain. It would also harm the economy: A peer-reviewed independent study from Harvard University shows that protecting the Boundary Waters from proposed sulfide-ore mining would result in dramatically more jobs and more income over a 20-year period. Polls continually show very strong support for permanent protection for this priceless wilderness area.

Human rights is a cornerstone of our democracy.  It's unconscionable that these conditions exist in our country today.  State inflicted inhumanity can not be tolerated.  Men, women and children are suffering these conditions today.  There's no time to wait.

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.