US EditionMinneapolis Mutual-Aid Networks Support Immigrants Amid ICE Surge
More than 3,400 people arrested in the largest ICE operation ever have prompted thousands of volunteers to deliver aid and monitor enforcement in immigrant neighborhoods.
- On Jan. 23, 2026, Minneapolis mutual-aid networks mobilized across the Twin Cities to support and warn immigrant neighbors amid a large ICE enforcement surge deploying at least 2,000 officers and 1,000 Border Patrol agents.
- After a surge that began in December and accelerated in early January, community organizing intensified following the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good and the killing of Alex Pretti.
- Rapid-Response volunteers track convoys using Signal, record plates, sound warnings, and mutual-aid groups deliver food and drive people to work, supporting more than 480 families amid rising needs this past week.
- Clashes between volunteers, protesters and federal agents have involved tear gas, pepper spray and arrests, while immigrant patients avoid medical care, schools see children staying home, and local immigrant-run businesses shorten hours.
- Mutual aid leaders describe care as resistance that will persist through shifts in enforcement leadership, with volunteers who 'commute' daily to patrol neighborhoods despite Gregory Bovino's transfer.
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Shadow network in Minneapolis defies ICE and protects immigrants
If there’s been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it’s the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city. They are the ever-moving shadow of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge. They are teachers, scientists and stay-at-home parents. They own small businesses and wait tables. Their network is sprawling, often anonymous and with few overall objectives beyon…
If there has been a soundtrack in Minneapolis’s life in recent weeks, they are the loud whistles and honks of thousands of people who follow immigration agents all over the city. They are the ever-moving shadow of Operation Metro Surge of the Trump administration. They are teachers, scientists and parents who stay at home. They have small businesses and work as waiters. Their network is extensive, often anonymous and with few general objectives …
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