Reply To: Hello from Minnesota

Thanks Wendy, and thanks for the shout out. We’re holding strong but its impossible to not feel some amount of demoralized, hopeless or anything. There was a modest last minute gathering in my modestly sized hometown today and ICE used the opportunity to snatch people up and continue to intimidate the observers.

I just want people to know that the deplorable stories getting shared online of ICE actions are very real and very much not isolated incidents. But we’re seeing the support we’re getting from other states and it does really mean a lot. Knowing that the tactics being developed in Minneapolis and elsewhere in Minnesota will be used to defend other neighborhoods across the country is heartening.

Finally, tell your reps they need to abolish ICE. They are an out of control rogue agency and need to be stopped. Lord knows my garbage bag of a representative Brad Finstad isn’t going to do anything.