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Keep Minnesota Housed! Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction. Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds! #keepMNhoused

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.

Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

One of my favorite films I've seen so far this year, now distributed by one of the best in the independent film biz

i think about this movie and the one song where they scream about hating the sport all the time, such a gem

Greater Longfellow Neighbor Relief Fund: Who we are, how we're helping, and how to receive support.

Who We Are: The Greater Longfellow Neighbor Relief Fund is a community-led effort supporting families and individuals across Longfellow and the greater region. While we're rooted in Longfellow, we believe anyone in need is our neighbor. If you reach out, we'll do our best to help.

What We Do: Funds raised go directly to essentials, including but not limited to: RENT / MORTGAGE, UTILITIES, GROCERIES, MEDICAL BILLS, LEGAL BILLS, EVERYDAY NECESSITIES. We work with schools, religious groups, and community members to help connect with those in need and quickly, safely, and securely distribute funds.

How To Get Support: We won't turn anyone away as long as funds are available. We only ask how much is needed and how to send it Email LongfellowAid@proton.me if you need support or are helping someone. Please do not include sensitive info such as full name, phone number, or address. We're still building our intake process, so thank you for your patience. NEIGHBORRELIEFFUND.ORG

In response to a great deal of ICE activity in our Minneapolis neighborhood of Longfellow, we are standing up for our neighbors who need immediate relief – and we’re asking for your help. Please help keep families in their homes this winter. Visit neighborrelieffund.org to learn more and donate 💜

All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:

1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.

2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.

It is not a coincidence that the Minnesota occupation is “ending” right before the Senate is due to vote on funding for ICE.

The fascists want you to think it’s all over and to disengage, but I hope the strategy backfire as a whole country thinks, “Are they coming here next?”

it’s still abolish ICE baby, it’s always abolish ICE

Encouraging our Chicago allies who survived Operation Midway Blitz to please post here about that post-”drawdown.” IIRC heat died down but ICE is back doing same shady shit only shadier. Celebrate the win (when it actually happens, not just a liar‘s words) but know this is a strategic retreat.

Not just the city. I'm in the suburbs, but it's real out here too. Teachers calming sobbing students who can't get a hold of their parents, students ready to go to war, parents arming themselves at work in case they need to go to their kid's school.

I'm not kidding. It's everywhere.

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

Donate to Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief, organized by Powderhorn Neighbors 2.5.26 Update: Saying “Your rent is covered,” has mattered … Powderhorn Neighbors needs your support for Support Powderhorn Families with Urgent Rent Relief

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Powderhorn Rent Fund. Unfortunately, Governor Walz has refused to enact an eviction moratorium, so we need the help of our community.

gofund.me/335f2d840

"There's nothing special about any of us. We are just people who said 'Hey, I think somebody needs something, I wonder if I can get it to them.' And then we ask 'What do you need? Can I give it to you?' and then we give it to them. I think a lot of people think they need permission to do that, or you need to be a trained organizer, and honestly it is the easiest thing in the world to just say 'Hey, do you need anything?'"

I want to leave you with this, from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com:

Donate to Sola con mis dos hijos tras la detención de mi esposo, organized by Lady Salazar Mi nombre es Lady Salazar y hoy me encuentro viviendo una situación… Lady Salazar needs your support for Sola con mis dos hijos tras la detención de mi esposo

Lady’s husband was kidnapped during an immigration check-in and has now left a 1-year-old and 5-year-old without a father.

Donations will help with lawyer fees, rent, and necessities for the family that is struggling to stay afloat during these hard times.

gofund.me/d33bfc9c3

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts Luis Perez waited 53 and a half years to be freed from prison. When his day finally came, on Jan. 16, 2025, he could practically feel the warmth and quiet... Read More

Massachusetts is the only state run by Democrats that still partners with ICE. I dug into this and found that it’s had profound and very troubling consequences: at least 164 people funneled straight from state prisons to ICE since 2023 alone.

New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/massachusett...

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Meet the Minneapolis Punks Fighting ICE People in the DIY music scene are using the community organizing tactics they learned by putting on shows to battle ICE.

In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc.

A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.

And never forget. These are asylum seekers. This is what the USA is doing to the most vulnerable people on the planet who we promised to protect.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

message from MN

A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...

Screenshot of a teeet from DHS reading: “The @nytimes should be embarrassed with this attempt to smear DHS law enforcement. ICE does not conduct enforcement at hospitals—period. We would only go into a hospital if there were an active danger to public safety. If anyone is impeding Minnesotans from making appointments or picking up prescriptions, its violent agitators who are blocking roadways. Furthermore, pregnancy in ICE detention is exceedingly rare—making up 0.133% of all illegal aliens in custody. Pregnant women receive regular prenatal visits, mental health services, nutritional support, and accommodations aligned with community standards of care. This is the best healthcare many of these individuals have received in their entire lives.”

Quick reminder everything they say is a fucking lie.

We are facing a major healthcare crisis due to the occupation.

Pregnant people are regularly missing care & do face an impossible choices.

Occupying agents ABSOLUTELY enter hospitals for enforcement purposes and have since they arrived.

Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Today, I am matching donations to any org in this list, up to $1000. Reply here or DM me with receipt. www.standwithminnesota.com

ICE just released new detention statistics.

As of January 25, 2026, ICE is detaining 70,766 people across the United States.

www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

This morning people I know saw ICE agent vehicles following school buses with kids in them. Fewer agents since Homan arrived? Maybe. More aggressive behavior towards observers and responders, absolutely. His comments warn observers to expect aggression and violence.

North Minneapolis is crawling with ICE today and sheriff deputies harassing observers asking why they are out there.
Never believe this administration and their talk of draw downs.

While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.

If anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning.

We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.

It’s very true that Homan is retreating but it’s also true that 2,300 agents — or even fewer — can continue to inflict state terrorism on a broad scale here. I reject doomerism but also the inevitability of victory based on today’s events. Keep fighting & prepare for the long haul.

Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

*Everyone* I know in MN is exhibiting telltale signs of trauma response to the occupation at this point; whether directly impacted or feeling the impacts of secondary and indirect trauma.

This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself.

Hang in there.