{"id":48758,"date":"2026-01-18T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=48758"},"modified":"2026-01-18T20:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:46:38","slug":"united-states-shut-it-down-ice-murders-in-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2026\/01\/18\/48758\/","title":{"rendered":"United States: SHUT IT DOWN – ICE murders in Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelly Bellin, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)<\/p>\n

(This article was first published on 8 January 2026)<\/p>\n

Just days into what\u2019s being called the \u201clargest immigration operation ever<\/a>,\u201d an ICE agent murdered a woman on the street in South Minneapolis in an interaction that\u2019s been well-documented by outraged observers. The woman, Renee Nicole Good, was sitting in her vehicle, audibly waving ICE agents to pass her, when they approached her hostilely and tried to force open her door. An agent then shot her in the face as she tried to drive away, and she died as ICE blocked ambulances from reaching her. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem justified the ICE agent as acting in self-defense against an \u201cact of domestic terrorism,\u201d which video of the shooting reveals to be a clearly ridiculous charge. Trump doubled down on these claims and blamed the \u201cradical left.\u201d<\/p>\n

The simmering outrage in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St Paul area) has broken the surface based on this horrific act of right-wing violence. Demonstrations have been ongoing since the murder, and more are being organized for the coming days, as well as across the country.<\/p>\n

In the Twin Cities, we\u2019ve been organizing against the ICE invasion through rapid response groups in our neighborhoods, escorts for particular vulnerable populations, direct actions such as protesting outside of hotels that are accommodating ICE agents, organizing in our unions, and mobilizing for demonstrations against ICE kidnappings. More fightback is needed, but through this we\u2019ve seen mainstream media lament\u00a0the tough conditions of fightback facing ICE in frigid Minnesota<\/a>. No doubt the incredible surge of 2,000 federal agents deployed to the Twin Cities this week is in part a reaction to the resistance they\u2019ve already faced.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has responded by telling ICE to \u201cget the fuck out of Minneapolis.\u201d But no amount of talking tough by Democratic politicians\u2014not by California Governor Gavin Newsom nor by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker\u2014has had the impact needed to decisively push back Trump\u2019s racist terror campaign. To do that would require the organization of a mass movement capable of shutting the system down, which is a step too far for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s turn our grief and anger into a mass struggle, channeling the anti-deportation movement to deal a decisive defeat to ICE. We can build a struggle that stops ICE from murdering anyone else, stops their entire kidnapping operation, and mounts a genuine mass movement that can fight\u00a0for<\/em>\u00a0immigrant rights rather than being forced to react to right-wing terror. We need an offensive struggle to take down Trump\u2019s reactionary, racist regime, which means attacking the capitalist system that spawned it.<\/p>\n

We need:<\/p>\n