Aisha Chughtai

renter, former union organizer, eldest daughter to a Muslim immigrant family • socialist • representing @MplsWard10 on the Minneapolis City Council • she/her

[Irene Fernando @HennepinD2]

The reality is that HCMC would've already closed, had the County Board not intervened last year. Now, the legislature must act on the County’s proposed sales-tax solution for dedicated revenue for HCMC.

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[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

@DanGreenMN Ok, so the next goal post was “respond to my friend’s email”. Just because your friends don’t like me doesn’t mean I’m not extremely proud to provide excellent constituent services to the Ward 10 community. Thanks for the (extremely unhelpful) feedback tho!

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

@DanGreenMN Hmm, wow. So suddenly, we’ve gone from “you don’t post on social media to my satisfaction” to “you don’t send newsletters to my satisfaction”. What’s the next goalpost I must cross for you? Hypocrisy aside, maybe you just don’t care if kids are starving, in Minneapolis or Havana.

[SiriusXMProg.bsky.social @SiriusXMProg]

"We are under federal occupation right now by our own government."

Minneapolis Councilmember @aishaforward10 told @DeanObeidallah what it's like living in Minneapolis right now.

☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: https://t.co/WvbbvLK51a

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

@D4Commish Thank you, Commissioner!

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I’m furious that Mayor Frey chose to NOT SIGN a unanimous resolution from the City Council to urge Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium. Receipt: https://t.co/h7iHKyJmNf

I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium NOW.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

It’s a privilege to represent an ~80% renter community. The most vulnerable of my constituents, along with vulnerable renters across the Southside and Mpls, are at risk of losing their homes come the 1st when rent is due. We need @GovTimWalz to enact an eviction moratorium NOW.

[Jeremiah Bey Ellison @jeremiah__bey]

If they’re not setting up to prevent ICE from entering then local govt is simply assisting ICE in establishing a police state. How is this in ANY WAY a solution to what happened today?

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

The people of Minneapolis are hurting, tired, and extremely angry — all these emotions are justified. Resistance to this ICE occupation is justified. I’ll continue to be right there with you, and will keep you updated.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I also call on Governor Walz to institute an eviction moratorium for as long as our state is occupied, and put his focus towards protecting our communities — not deploying even more force against observers and protesters.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I am using my office to ask local police to protect residents and not comply with ICE. I will do everything in my power to get ICE out of Minneapolis immediately and I know you will too. This invasion of our city by federal agents can not be sustained.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I’m calling on Governor Walz to immediately do everything in his power to arrest the individuals responsible for the murder that took place in my community.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

It is past time for ICE to leave our state. As a Council Member I don’t have the authority to make the federal government leave, but I will continue to be with you in the streets until they are gone, and long after they leave.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

ICE and CBP so desperately want us to stop that they are killing people for doing what we do best in Minneapolis: standing up for our neighbors.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

Around 9 a.m. this morning, federal agents executed one of our neighbors, Alex Pretti, at 26th and Nicollet in Whittier, in the community I represent. This is the second neighbor murdered in South Minneapolis by ICE in less than three weeks.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

Whittier is the most organized neighborhood in the most organized city in the country. We are strong. Since the occupation of our city began, we as a community have been rapidly responding with cameras and whistles, doing everything we can to keep each other safe.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

Multiple individuals who came to observe the actions of federal agents and protest the senseless shooting in Whittier, have since been detained. They must be immediately released.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I was on the scene this morning as observers and protesters gathered. Federal agents continued to escalate & deployed chemical irritants, gassing one of the densest neighborhoods in the Twin Cities, and further endangering blocks full of immigrants, families, and working people.

[Aisha Chughtai @aishaforward10]

I'm heartbroken for Alex’s family, friends, & community. I am devastated, enraged, and horrified by the occupation of our city. This federal occupation killed Renee Good, killed Alex Pretti, continues to devastate and separate families, and it is destroying my neighbors’ lives.