2026.03.20

ICE

Local Hugo Award winning author, Naomi Kritzer has compiled a list for locals who want to help on her blog. (She's going to compile a list for nonlocals.)
https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/how-to-help-twin-cities-residents/

Christian leaders urge protection of worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service
The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention called the intrusion in a St. Paul church ‘an unacceptable trauma.’
by Giovanna Dell’Orto, AP
https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/christian-leaders-urge-protection-of-worshippers-rights-after-protesters-interrupt-service/

‘2020 never ended’: Minneapolis organizes amid Trump’s ICE crackdown
From community watch to mutual aid, grassroots networks in the Twin Cities build on efforts spurred during the 2020 George Floyd protests
Alyssa Oursler in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/minneapolis-organizes-trump-ice-crackdown

Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church services
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/kristi-noem-pepper-spray-minneapolis-ice

‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as now
Eric Berger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/bruce-springsteen-trump-ice-concert

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