Large, organized protests condemning the ongoing immigration operation in Minnesota are continuing this weekend following Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
A large gathering was assembling the afternoon of Jan. 10 calling for justice for Good and for ICE to leave Minnesota.
The ICE operation in the state is poised to grow, however, with hundreds more agents expected to arrive to add to the reported 2,000 on the ground in Minnesota.
The Department of Homeland Security says the “Operation Metro Surge” crackdown in the state is its largest ever and has resulted in more than 1,500 arrests since December, though the agency has not released all the names of those detained.
Earlier Saturday, Minnesota Reps. Kelly Morrison, Angie Craig and Ilhan Omar said they were denied access to tour an ICE facility in the Twin Cities.
“I made a direct plea, that Minnesota has been through a helluva year,” Morrison said. “It’d go a long ways toward turning the temperature down and let us provide Minnesotans and the country with some transparency [to let us in].”
State and federal leaders continue sparring over their versions of events that led to Good’s death Wednesday morning. Minnesota prosecutors have said they would launch their own investigation into the shooting after the FBI took sole ownership of the case.
Gov. Tim Walz has activated the National Guard in preparation for potential unrest following the shooting.
