An article from a couple years ago where homeless people were interviewed about what they lost in encampment sweeps always sticks with me. I think it's important to keep these statements in mind when people try to sell you insulting lies about humane policy.
The media is moving on, but ICE assaults haven't stopped here at all. Resistance by everyday people hasn't lessened either. Bars across the city have collection points like this for those in need, as if we're the home front in WW2. Except the front is in our own neighborhoods.
RIGHT NOW: Minneapolis is SHUT DOWN.
20,000+ people have flooded the streets in an emergency protest after federal agents killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti.
This was an execution. And the city is responding like it knows it.
Noteworthy that neither the mayor of Minneapolis nor the governor of Minnesota threw their support behind this action prior to today. Dem leadership in the state just sat around and watched this unfolded then some, like Mayor Frey rushed to join the photo-ops once it was underway
🚨BREAKING: ICE/Border Patrol agents are now hitting unaccompanied minors with their vehicles, detaining and disappearing them, even after being shown a U.S. passport.
Yesterday, agents rear-ended a car being driven by a 16-year-old, with her 15-year-old brother in the passenger seat.
Instead of calling a guardian, agents photographed the 15-year-old… and then took him.
The 16-year-old showed agents her U.S. passport…. But, that did not matter, they still handcuffed her and threw her into their unmarked car.
Both minors.
Both unaccompanied.
Detaining children, ignoring proof of citizenship, and hauling minors away, after rear ending the car they were driving, is not immigration enforcement.
That is child trafficking.
And it’s happening in broad daylight by the Trump administration.
Share this.
Document everything.
Demand accountability.
Because if federal agents can do this to kids with a passport, no one is safe.
Minneapolis resident: “This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane!… I’ve never protested in my life before…ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!"
Even Jill Stein’s Twitter account goes pretty silent every four years and then picks back up when she’s running for office again. Such an unbelievable scammer. I get if you’re frustrated by two-party system, our policies, but holy sh-t, she’s a grifter.