You might be thinking that this is some unusual incident, that the press is cherry-picking and dramatizing the most sensational events.
I live in Minneapolis. The location in this article is pretty close to me. And I am telling you:
The press is •under•-covering what’s happening here. ICE is doing absolutely batshit stuff all the time, every single day, all over the city.
It is exhausting. 🧵
This happened when the temperature (actual air temperature, not “feels like”) was around -4°F / -20°C.
Just to be clear.
Feven Gerezgiher writes, 'State Rep. Alex Falconer, DFL-Eden Prairie, joined demonstrators around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. He said it was “reprehensible” and “immoral” for ICE to strand workers on a roof. '“These are people here building a house in the frigid Minnesota weather for other people to live in. These aren't dangerous people. They're trying to make a buck in this economy,” he said. “I just can't fathom how we got to this point as a society.”' https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/13/ice-agents-corner-chanhassen-construction-workers-amid-frigid-temperatures #uspol #Minnesota #UncheckedAggression
Here’s a condensed version of a letter I sent to the Star Tribune last week.
I know that the editorial staff was considering publishing it, because they contacted me about it. Ultimately, however, they opted not to.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
News spreads like wildfire via private messages from neighbor to neighbor, and there’s •so• much that’s no making the news:
Person abducted on this block. Convoy of ICE vehicles spotted on this street. Observer shoved by ICE. Person abducted on that block. Observer threatened with a weapon by ICE.
ALL DAY EVERY DAY
And also, again and again — people need to know this! — I get these messages too:
ICE started to gather, but dispersed when too many observers showed up.
ICE vehicle headed back to base after being tailed in circles for an hour.
ICE started abducting someone, but let them go as the gathered crowd got larger and larger.
These people •really• do not want to be observed. Typical bullies: they cosplay tough guys, they waggle their gear around, but they •behave• like they’re afraid.
Good. Let them be afraid.
When they're not afraid of losing their jobs and not afraid of not being able to pay their bills, what have they got to be afraid of?
I'm not talking about physical threats or anything, but like, can businesses legally refuse to serve them?
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If the business exists for profit, then it may be that they're likely to turn a blind eye and take the dollars from them that are just as bankable as those from any other customer. Forgive my cynicism.
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In this ICEy instance, though, the restaurant owner need do nothing at all if the patrons are able to exercise some agency and give the henchman some motivation to seek sustenance elsewhere. I doubt the owner would sweat that loss knowing the other benefits to business.
Also... how do ICE agents maintain anonymity in a public restaurant? Do they only lift the mask to shove the fork in?
I've seen news accounts of businesses refusing service. Evidently, private businesses have that right.
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