The Trump administration has flooded Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota with federal agents as part of its immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge — detaining children, intimidating protestors and community organizers, and killing multiple people.
Minnesotans have responded with mass community-level resistance, including mutual aid and tracking ICE operations, despite threats and surveillance — including through systems built by tech companies like Clearview AI and Palantir. Backlash to the crackdown spread online after the January 24th killing of Alex Pretti, including among hobbyist communities and typically apolitical influencers.
- Don Lemon has been arrested for covering an anti-ICE protest
- Parenting in ICE-occupied Minneapolis
- I grew up with Alex Pretti
- It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
- Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?
- The day of the second killing
- How much can a city take?
- Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
- Influencer content is fuel for an internet-obsessed administration