Minneapolis citizens on protecting their neighbours from ICE

明尼阿波利斯市民在保护邻居免受ICE侵害

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2026-01-30

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How does it feel when ICE agents swarm your city? Minneapolis residents on why they are rising up. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today,

  • Minneapolis vs Ice I don't know about you but this week it feels like all I've been watching are video clips of what's happening on the streets of Minneapolis.

  • High-pitched whistles piercing through the wind and falling snow to signal the presence of immigration agents.

  • Since the beginning of January, thousands of ICE agents have been deployed to the city.

  • Confusion, violence and chaos followed.

  • Two people have been killed, hundreds have disappeared.

  • But that's not the full story.

  • This week we've been talking to people living in Minneapolis about how they've been mobilizing to protect their communities.

  • Hundreds more people started going to training, started learning, you know,

  • joining networks and after the death this weekend it has only by the thousands expanded.

  • What does it feel like to see your neighborhood become a place you don't recognize anymore?

  • We all grab a whistle before we leave.

  • I know it's a joke here.

  • Make sure you've got your keys, phone, wallet, gloves, and now your whistle.

  • Seeing family members dragged away,

  • schools targeted children tear-gassed to find yourself standing between your neighbors and masked men with guns.

  • This has been a real campaign of terror and political retribution,

  • and they are wanting democratic cities like ours to bend the knee to their administration,

  • but Minneapolis is showing that we're not going to do that.