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.
Category: Protest & Direct Action
ICE in Minnesota – Days 65-66: Feds Make Arrests in Government Center as Local Police Advance Collaboration
Operation Metro Surge has entered its 66th day, representing more than two months of continuous incursion into the Twin Cities and the state as a whole by aggressive, anonymous, and largely unaccountable federal agents.
State and Local Police Make Mass Arrest After Noise Demo at Hotel Housing ICE Agents
A medley of state and local police officers arrested nearly 70 protesters after the third noise demo at the Graduate Hotel for hosting ICE agents.
Independent Journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon Arrested by Feds Along With Three More Activists
A week after arresting three activists over protesting an ICE director who pastors in a church, federal agents made five additional arrests, this time targeting two journalists who covered the protest -- Georgia Fort and Don Lemon -- and three other participants.
White House Generates Racist AI Image After ‘Politically Motivated’ Arrest of Activists Over Church Protest
Three activists in the Twin Cities were arrested by federal agents for protesting a church where the leader of the local ICE office is also a pastor.
Conspiracies Bloom After Right Discovers Public Signal Groups
Right-wing influencers are drawing tenuous parallels between the usernames found in Minneapolis neighborhood Signal groups and claiming they are the handles of public figures involved in an insurrectionist conspiracy enveloping Minnesota.
ICE in Minnesota – Days 51-56: Bovino Removed After Pretti Killing; Noise Demo Drives Out Agents; ‘ICE Out’ Day of Action in Twin Cities
Operation Metro Surge continues to weigh on Minneapolis, St. Paul and Minnesota as a whole. The federal government has increasingly targeted the state government and local leaders who have engaged in widespread and organized resistance to ICE’s campaign in the region.
Resistance has continued, and…
Federal Agents Crash Noise Demo at Hotel, Escort Masked Guests With Luggage Out
A noise demo at a hotel suspected of housing ICE was interrupted by federal agents, who filled the street with tear gas and threatened arrests while escorting masked people out the back.
Tens of Thousands Demand ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ During Day of Action
Minneapolis, MN — As businesses shuttered, schools closed and people called off work for Friday’s popular ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day, tens of thousands participated in actions demanding ICE cease their operations in the state. Around 100 people were arrested in morning protests.
The “Day…
Federal Agents Kill a Second Person in South Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN – Federal agents shot and killed a man in the Whittier neighborhood of South Minneapolis after he tried to render aid to a woman who had just been maced.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was shot nearly 10 times while laying on the side…
‘We Got Us’ March Demands ‘ICE OUT’ and Action From New Mexico State Legislation
More than 1,500 people gathered in Santa Fe on January 20 to march to the state capitol on the opening day of this year's legislative session and call for "ICE out."
Immigration Protester Faces Terrorism Charges, Deportation as Trial Approaches
Alvarado, TX — On February 17, 2026, the trial of nine people connected to a July 4, 2025 protest outside Alvarado, Texas’s Prairieland immigration detention center begins. Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn’t even at the protest — his wife was — but prosecutors have…
ICE in Minnesota – Days 47-50: DOJ Probes State Leaders, ICE Continues Illegal Detainments, Unions Call for General Strike
Minneapolis, MN — Following a weekend of protests against far-right agitators who have flocked to Minnesota in recent days, the Twin Cities continue to deal with the ever-evolving nature of the federal occupation unfolding in the region.
Saturday saw thousands come out to oppose far-right…
Far-Right Provocateur Jake Lang Chased Out of Minneapolis During Hate Rally
Minneapolis, MN — Thousands of counter-protesters gathered on Jan. 17 in downtown Minneapolis outside the City Hall, quashing an Islamophobic rally before it was able to even begin.
Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang, the rally’s organizer, was chased multiple blocks from City Hall to the Hotel…
ICE in Minnesota – Day 46: Military Deployment Threat, Judge Rules Against Feds, Far-Right Agitators Opposed
A month and a half into "Operation Metro Surge," the federal immigration enforcement blitz that has flooded the Twin Cities with ICE and other federal agents, protests and developments are accelerating
ICE Shoots Second Person in Minneapolis, Community Responds
Minneapolis, MN – A federal agent with ICE shot a man in Minneapolis last night, marking the second shooting in the city committed by immigration enforcement agents since Trump’s administration launched the federal occupation of the Twin Cities. Immediately after the incident, neighbors and community…