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.

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 mayors and local elected officials commit to:  • Prohibiting 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-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 resources to inform residents of their rights, provide legal representation for residents, and support communities being negatively impacted by ICE.  • Supporting 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 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.