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Residents, Schools, Students React to ICE Activity Around Greater Minnesota
Nearly 200 residents trained to legally document ICE arrests to aid detainees and hold agents accountable following recent enforcement and a fatal shooting, organizers said.
- On Monday, Jan. 12, nearly 200 Rochester residents attended a training at Christ United Methodist Church organized by Monarca Minnesota and led by Emilio Rodriguez of Unidos.
- A federal lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 12 alleges warrantless arrests and unannounced chemical use after the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent prompted protests and backlash.
- Rodriguez taught trainees to focus on observe and report as core actions and emphasized photographing and recording detentions is legal while assessing personal risk.
- Monarca positions trainees as 'upstanders' in rapid-response observer networks but warned observers may face pushback or risk with no guaranteed immunity.
- Spirit Lake Nation and allied tribes issued the Jan. 10 joint tribal statement condemning lethal force and warning members lose protections off reservations.
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Nearly 200 show up in Rochester to learn to be ICE observers
ROCHESTER — An increase in Department of Homeland Security immigration activity, specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions in Rochester, has spurred some members of the community to respond. When Brie, a teacher with a southeast Minnesota School district, watched video of ICE and border patrol agents using chemical irritants on high school students at Roosevelt High School, she was beyond shocked. “I was numb,” she said. Knowin…
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