Black small business economic impact is being felt across Minnesota as immigration enforcement drives customers and workers into hiding.
ICE Raids
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MN City Council urges Walz to pause evictions during ICE invasion
The Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution urging Gov. Tim Walz to issue an eviction moratorium during ongoing ICE raids that leaders say are displacing families and destabilizing housing across Minnesota.
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Making America white again
“White people are trapped in a history they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.” — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are not a new invention of law and order. They are the evolution of slave patrols — […]
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I posted an ICE tip line in anger. I’ll regret it forever.
Dear Chicago, You were my second home for nearly 15 years. I still love you deeply. And today, watching ICE raids tear through your neighborhoods, I feel nothing but heartbreak and shame. I’m writing to apologize for something I did in 2016, right after Trump’s first election win. In anger over what I saw in […]
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Minnesotans show up en masse to declare “No Kings”
Thousands gathered outside U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday for the “No Kings” protest, where demonstrators voiced opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the deployment of federal troops in U.S. cities, and the use of the justice system against political opponents. The crowd filled the Commons area near 425 Portland Ave., stretching […]
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Mayoral candidates clash over leading city issues
At the Minneapolis mayoral forum 2025, Frey, Fateh, Davis, and Hampton clashed over ICE raids, housing tools, George Floyd Square, and climate policy ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
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Black folks take note: It’s not just about immigrants
Black folks may think immigration raids don’t impact them — but they do. From surveillance creep to ICE detaining U.S. citizens, we’re already in the fight. And silence won’t save us.
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The LA conflict is domestic warfare of international import
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) denounces ICE’s militarized raids in Los Angeles and calls on Black communities to reject silence. Their campaign, “No Compromise No Retreat,” links immigrant detention, deportation, and global displacement to broader systems of U.S. imperialism and state violence.