History in the Service of Solidarity
Image: from There are kids not going to school.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
See also: ICE’s Traumatization of Children.
News: 2026
January 14. Erica Zurek: Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt.
January 23. Alexandra Villarreal: ‘There are kids not going to school’: fear of ICE is keeping children from classes in Connecticut.
January 31. Jennifer Bendery: ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children To Take. Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
February 3. Chelsea Bailey: Absences and loss of innocence: ICE raids leave behind a heavy weight in Minnesota schools.
February 4. Corina Knoll: What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children.
February 10. Melissa Whitler: The kids are not alright — ICE threatens children’s short-term health, long-term prospects.
February 17. Alisha Ebrahimji: She’s a US citizen, but this 10-year-old knows where to hide at school if ICE shows up.
February 24. Hannah Psalma Ramirez: How Trump’s immigration raids are upending the education playbook: Educators fear immigration raids will have long-term consequences similar to the Covid-19 pandemic like increased student absences and anxiety and declining academic performance.
February 26. Nadra Nittle: The people standing between students and ICE? Teachers. With immigration enforcement keeping kids from class, educators are going beyond the curriculum — driving students to school, delivering groceries and even paying rent to support vulnerable families.
News: 2025
January 22. Democracy Now! Trump Administration to Allow ICE Raids at Churches, Hospitals and Schools.
June 9. Howard Blume: LAUSD will deploy school police to set up safe zones around campuses, graduations amid ICE raids
July 15. Hayley Meissner: Baseball coach says ICE agents questioned kids at practice: ‘This can happen to anybody.’
November 23. Marina Dunbar: ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break.
December 9. ABC News: Immigration raids impact: Attendance dropped, bullying increased in high schools.
December 10. Sam Levin: Immigrant students experience more bullying as ICE raids cause ‘culture of fear’, says survey. In survey, US school principals describe ‘climate of distress’ and declines in student attendance amid crackdowns.
December 16. Seth Lavin: I’m an elementary school principal. Students live in fear of ICE.
Image: from The Advocate.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
Reflections
Jelani Cobb: From Selma to Minneapolis: On M.L.K. Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others.
Alan Elrod: After Alex Pretti’s Murder, It’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: What It Means to Be a White ‘Race Traitor.’ From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice.
Murder of Renee Good: January 7, 2026
January 7. The Guardian: Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid.
January 7. Anna Betts: Minnesota Democrats voice outrage after fatal ICE shooting: ‘Leave our state immediately’.
January 8. Matt Giles & Tim Marchman: ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer.
January 8. Nitish Pahwa: There’s a Direct Line Between MAGA Content Creators and the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis: Renee Nicole Good’s death at the hands of an immigration officer was preceded by a wave of misinformation peddled by right-wing influencers.
January 8. Ned Resnikoff: The Poison Always Drips Through: On Renee Good and George Floyd.
January 9. MPR News: Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness.
January 9. Samantha Michaels: Misconduct Expert Says State Has the Right to Charge ICE Officer Who Killed Renée Good.
January 9. Luis Feliz Leon: Renee Good, Killed by ICE, Was Standing in Solidarity with Her Neighbors.
January 11. Chandelis Duster & Sergio Martínez-Beltrán: Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good’s death.
January 12. NPR: Poet Amanda Gorman on her work, ‘For Renee Nicole Good.’
January 13. Matt Sepic: Minnesota federal prosecutors resign after DOJ push to investigate Renee Good’s widow.
March 30. Edith Olmsted: Alex Pretti’s Death Came After Insane Stephen Miller Order: Stephen Miller urged Department of Homeland Security agents to “force confrontations” with protesters in Minneapolis.
Murder of Alex Pretti: January 24, 2026
January 24. Melody Schreiber: Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people.’ Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research.
January 24. Robert Mackey: Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony. Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground.
January 25. Jennifer Ludden & Liz Baker: Videos and eyewitnesses refute federal account of Minneapolis shooting.
January 26. George Chidi: Trump officials continue to push lies after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. Trump and team seem to prioritize vilifying victims of their immigration operations, regardless of conflicting evidence.
January 27. NPR: A Minnesota gun safety expert weighs in on the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.
January 29. Anna Betts: A helper and a patriot: Alex Pretti’s family and friends on the life of nurse killed by federal agents.
January 29. Sam Levin and Robert Mackey: Videos show altercation between Alex Pretti and federal officers 11 days before he was killed: Three newly discovered videos show the Minneapolis ICU nurse being tackled by federal agents in a prior confrontation.
January 29. Frank Langfitt: How the Minneapolis killings look from Trump country.
January 30. Julius Constantine Motal: New York nurses hold candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti amid strike – in pictures. Nurses gathered outside a Veterans Affairs hospital in Manhattan to mourn Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
February 1. J. David McSwane: Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
February 3. Quil Lawrence: VA staff feel the chill of Alex Pretti’s death.
February 11. José Olivares and Aaron Glantz: Democrats deride veterans affairs secretary for repeating false claims about Alex Pretti’s killing.
February 13. C. Frances: The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
February 16. José Olivares: FBI won’t share Alex Pretti shooting evidence, Minnesota authorities say.
Image: from In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
Resources
Native American Rights Fund:
Trump’s History of Anti-Indigenous Racism
Shawn Boburg: Donald Trump’s long history of clashes with Native Americans.
Anna V. Smith: Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years: From legal decisions to on-the-ground policies, Indigenous lawyers describe the administration’s tactics as an “onslaught” removing federal protections of land and wildlife.
Amber Torres: Trump’s Tribal Record: The Destructive Era.
News: 2026
January 9. Amelia Schafer: ‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment.
January 14. Eduardo Cuevas: Native Americans detained in Trump’s Minnesota ICE raids: On Jan. 13, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said three men are still in detention after being transferred to an ICE detention center.
January 16. Mariana Alfaro: Native Americans are being swept up by ICE in Minneapolis, tribes say. Tribal leaders say Indigenous people have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or names.
January 16. Arlyssa D. Becenti: ICE agents detain Navajo man in Arizona, ignoring US, tribal IDs.
January 27. CNN: Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps.
January 31. Arlyssa D. Becenti: Navajo Council urges ICE, DHS to recognize tribal IDs, honor status.
February 7. Fiona Murphy: Minneapolis Native communities fight fear of ICE with traditional ritual and prayer: In Minneapolis, many Native people say they are reluctant to leave their homes for fear of being detained by federal ICE agents.
February 15. Maanvi Singh: In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased.’
February 18. Philip Wang: ‘A State of Panic’: Native Americans Left in the Dark Weeks After ICE Arrests.
February 18. Sarah Matusek: In Minneapolis, Native Americans see racial targeting patterns – and push back.
News: 2025
November 14. Malcolm Ferguson: ICE Almost Deports Native American Woman: Leticia Jacobo was about to be deported, despite her Social Security number and tribal identification.
Image: from The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine.
This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.
Resources
Boycott Central: Look up what boycotts are happening now and who is organizing them rated by our criteria of what makes a boycott effective.
Cross Cultural Solidarity: ICE, the Weapons Industry, & the Military Industrial Complex.
Lila MacLellan: These are the Fortune 500 companies that have active contracts with ICE.
Prison Free Funds: Don’t want your retirement savings invested in the prison industrial complex? Find mutual funds and ETFs that avoid the prison industrial complex.
Robert Reich: What you can do to stop big corporations from helping ICE.
Derek Seidman: The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine.
Third Act: Turn Up the Heat: Melt The Companies That Profit From ICE and DHS.
Truthout: Here’s How to Find Out Which Corporations Are Collaborating With ICE.
News: 2026
January 9. Laura Snapes: Spotify no longer running ICE recruitment ads.
January 26. Ty Roush: These Companies—Palantir, AT&T, Deloitte—Have The Biggest ICE Contracts As DHS Funding Under Fire.
January 27. Thomas Brewster: ICE And CBP Bought A Record $140 Million In Cloud Services From Amazon And Microsoft Under Trump: The world’s biggest technology companies are among those profiting from the Trump administration’s aggressive funding of immigration agencies like ICE.
January 30. Heba Gowayed: Tracking ICE’s Profits: ICE is extraordinarily costly to working people & grotesquely profitable for the worst among us.
January 30. Chris Kromm: Georgia companies poised to bring in $10 billion from ICE and Border Patrol contracts.
February 10. Jessica Washington: Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers.
February 14. Truthout: Protesters Demand Amazon Cut Ties With ICE and Palantir: Following Ring dropping Flock Safety, protesters demand Amazon go further and end its surveillance partnerships.
News: 2025
June 19. Sheera Frenkel: Microsoft Employees Protest Work With ICE, as Tech Industry Mobilizes Over Immigration.
August 19. Alina Selyukh & Liz Baker: Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors.
August 21. Oliver Laughland: Marriott does not deny a hotel in its portfolio was used to detain families for Ice: Hospitality giant responded to Guardian story about Ice’s use of Sheraton hotel to hold families before deportation.
August 21. Steven Hubbard: ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir, a New AI System, to Track Immigrants’ Movements.
October 3. Bobby Allyn: Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House’s request to remove ICE tracking app.
October 3. Joseph Cox: Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot.’
October 8. Joseph Cox: Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses.
October 16. Heather Knight: Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force.
December 11. Bloomberg: The Military Suppliers Behind Immigration Raids.
December 23. Sam Biddle: 10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
October 10. Gillian Brockell: This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison.
October 16. Heather Knight: Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force:The San Francisco-based firm has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O., once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.
November 11. Tomás Mier: ICE Ads Are All Over Your Favorite Streaming Services.
November 13. Joseph Cox: Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort.