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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 29/09/2026
New video from AG Ellison! Spread the word www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lO1...
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Know Your Rights: Voting in Minnesota's 2026 General Election
YouTube video by MN Attorney General Keith Ellison
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 25/09/2026
Since the surge, some women have become single mothers because the father was detained or deported. Conexión founder Fernanda Honebrink says oftentimes the men were the breadwinners of the house, “so now they're this single woman with a brand new baby that they don't know what to do.”
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After nonprofit mobilized to support pregnant immigrants this winter, long-term needs emerge
Fernanda Honebrink, a midwife and immigrant herself, founded Conexión during Operation Metro Surge to support pregnant and breastfeeding immigrants. Several months later, some of the fathers have been...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 27/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 27/09/2026
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Stephen Miller’s MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks
Sordid revelations about the white-nationalist-themed Office of Remigration should galvanize Democrats: If they win power, they must try to shut it down.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 26/09/2026
“There are simply no reforms that would bring this agency into alignment with United States right human rights obligations,” Fischer said in a press call Thursday. minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/24/a...
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Amnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report • Minnesota Reformer
International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump adminis...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 12/09/2026
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News digest: Appleton ICE Detention Center Prayer Vigil coverage
Meanwhile, state representative Paul Anderson doesn't hear their prayers
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 05/09/2026
will they sell their souls? minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/02/c...
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CoreCivic offers to pay Appleton $1.2 million annually to cover lost tax revenue • Minnesota Reformer
CoreCivic, the private prison company opening a new immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minnesota, has offered to pay the city more than $1.2 million per year. CoreCivic sold the Prairie Correctio...
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 02/09/2026
Tuesday, September 8th, Hermantown City Hall -Pre-agenda meeting at 430pm -City Council Meeting at 630pm Bring a friend, make a sign, wear red, get your voices heard! Let's fill the building with red shirts! We encourage everyone to bring a 🌹RED FLOWER🌹
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 02/09/2026
posted elsewhere: "Shout out to Monarca/UnidosMN and Smitten Kitten, who represented Minnesota superbly at the human rights awards ceremony in Germany (you can see their acceptance speech starting at about 1:22 in this recording: www.youtube.com/live/bthG34x... ) POWERFUL TESTIMONY "
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Verleihung des Aachener Friedenspreises 2026
YouTube video by Aachener Friedenspreis
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 28/08/2026
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Photos: See the record number of crop art pieces at the Minnesota State Fair
Numerous pieces focused on the federal immigration-enforcement surge last winter in Minnesota.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 28/08/2026
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Operation Metro Surge resistance takes center stage in State Fair art
Whistles, rebel loons and protest signs emerge as a major theme in this year’s crop art and fine arts exhibitions.
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AILA @aila.org · 28/08/2026
“A second deportation flight since the termination of TPS for Haitian migrants landed on Thursday in Haiti. On board, according to Haitian officials, were 57 people, including families [and] children born in the U.S.” bit.ly/4xqsFSx
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'No one is safe': Inside a Maryland Haitian community grappling with ICE raids
A second deportation flight since the termination of TPS for Haitian migrants landed on Thursday in Haiti.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk. A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID to see his identity.
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk.

A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New data shows record number of arrests and deportations of immigrants in the US
Trump administration has moved away from high-profile, militarized raids as its deportation spree has ramped up
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 26/08/2026
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CURE sues to obtain past Appleton, Minnesota, prison review documents
The rural advocacy organization says the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has not complied with a Freedom of Information Act request made in January for a 2014 environmental and economic assessment.
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 25/08/2026
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Revealed: How undercover agents spied on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota
DHS officers posed as concerned citizens, joining Signal groups and taking photos of community meetings
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 25/08/2026
www.wired.com/story/the-co...
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The County Prosecutors Who Became ICE Informants
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 24/08/2026
Our latest newsletter is available online. Thanks for reading & sharing! twinportsrapidresponse.org/newsletter20...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response News 2026-08-23
We are an all-volunteer group standing in support of our immigrant family, friends, neighbors, coworkers — community members who are under attack.
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 24/08/2026
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Groups targeted by Homeland Security surveillance call on big companies to condemn tactics
Tuesday morning members of community groups and unions targeted by federal surveillance — including some of the 15 anti-ICE activists facing federal conspiracy charges — gathered in downtown Minneapo...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 20/08/2026
"In the aftermath of the Stop Cop City movement in 2025, organizations across Atlanta joined forces to organize People’s Movement Assemblies to define and build real community safety " wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/atla...
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Atlanta offers a model for building sanctuary
By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 20/08/2026
"In an actual concentration camp regime, the machinery of abduction and detention at some point develops a large enough bureaucracy and budget that it no longer relies on the energy of the malice of individuals at the top ..." degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/the-busine...
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The business of barbed wire
And thoughts on breaking up the torturers' club.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 18/08/2026
www.justsecurity.org/153773/admin...
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No Warrant, No Problem: Administrative Subpoena Powers and an Outdated Fourth Amendment Doctrine
Numerous federal agencies possess statutory authority to obtain sensitive data without advance judicial approval or probable cause of illegal activity.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 16/08/2026
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order
Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 15/08/2026
Immigration detention camps “are entities with physical buildings and plots of land that require concrete services and contracts, zoning permits and tax breaks, licenses and utility hookups. “Every one of these nodes is a potential pressure point,” newrepublic.com/article/2134...
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“Closing a Detention Center Is Rarely a Single Strike. It’s a Siege.”
John Washington’s How to Close a Camp is a practical guide to opposing ICE and a strong moral argument for action.
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 15/08/2026
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Pelican Rapids, a turkey plant town of 2,600, saw itself as welcoming to all. Then came ICE.
Immigrants turned Otter Tail County town into one of Minnesota’s most diverse. But America’s divisions disrupted small-town harmony in Pelican Rapids.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 13/08/2026
"The investigation in some ways called to mind Cointelpro, the intrusive counterintelligence program that the F.B.I. ran against leftist groups from the 1950s to the 1970s under the leadership of the bureau’s director, J. Edgar Hoover." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 13/08/2026
"As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
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He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 12/08/2026
"The best time to speak out and do something was long ago. The second-best time is now."
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 10/08/2026
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Rep. Ilhan Omar raises questions about undercover ICE agent at town hall • Minnesota Reformer
An undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent parked outside a community center while Rep. Ilhan Omar held a town hall on Aug. 6, the Democratic Congresswoman wrote in a letter to Department of...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 06/08/2026
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National Convergence for Democracy — Tending the Soil
Join us in Minneapolis from August 21 - 23, 2026 to skill-share and coordinate the next iteration of democracy defense in the United States.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 06/08/2026
Our latest newsletter is available online. Lots of info about voting, the new Appleton MN ICE Detention Center & an upcoming training opportunity from TPRR. twinportsrapidresponse.org/newsletter20...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response News 2026-08-06
We are an all-volunteer group standing in support of our immigrant family, friends, neighbors, coworkers — community members who are under attack.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 06/08/2026
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350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. are now stripped of temporary legal status
TPS allows people from certain countries to live and work in the U.S. because of dangerous conditions in their home countries. People from Haiti have benefited from TPS since 2010.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 06/08/2026
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NCDN Special Features Episode 2
Core Civic opens a private detention center August 11 in Appleton, MN
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 05/08/2026
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Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Warns First Private ICE Detention Facility in the State Sets a Dangerous Precedent
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 05/08/2026
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AFSCME Council 5 Strongly Condemns ICE–CoreCivic Contract to Reopen Appleton Private Prison
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Max Hall612-247-3725Max.Hall@afscmemn.orgAFSCME Council 5 Strongly Condemns ICE–CoreCivic Contract to Reopen Appleton Private PrisonSouth St. Paul, MN - AFSCME Council 5 ...
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 05/08/2026
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Exclusive: ICE eyes 1,000-bed detention facilities in foreign countries
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking for private contractors that could help set up "international staging areas" abroad.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 05/08/2026
Their $116.5 million in profit in 2025 is nearly 70% higher than the year before. During earnings calls, analysts complained that ICE isn’t detaining people fast enough to maximize returns. This is a business that grows more profitable with every person detained. www.startribune.com/mn-operation...
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DOC commissioner: Minnesota banned private prisons. ICE is bringing one back anyway.
DHS apparently plans to reopen the private, for-profit Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton as a 1,600-bed ICE detention center operated by the private prison company that owns it, DOC commission...
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The former private prison, Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, will reopen this year as a federal immigration detention center for ICE. By Katelyn Vue
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Former Minnesota prison reopening as federal immigration detention center
The former private prison, Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, will reopen this year as a federal immigration detention center for ICE.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 05/08/2026
"CoreCivic runs some of the country’s largest and most infamous immigrant detention centers, including the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas... Disease outbreaks, lack of medical care, inedible food and lack of outside time are common complaints " minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/04/i...
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ICE, CoreCivic to open Appleton immigrant detention center this year • Minnesota Reformer
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pay private prison company CoreCivic more than half a billion dollars to reopen a defunct 1,600-bed prison in rural western Minnesota as an immigrant detention...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 04/08/2026
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Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Line 5 Tunnel Permit, Delivering Major Victory for Tribal Nations
Overview: The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned a key state permit for Enbridge's proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, ruling that regulators failed to comply with Michigan envi...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 04/08/2026
Statement from Indivisible Twin Cities secure.ngpvan.com/DtScc_sVu0K1...
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No ICE Detention Center in Minnesota!!
DHS/ICE expects to open a concentration camp in rural Minnesota? DHS and CoreCivic have negotiated a contract to reopen an Appleton MN facility to house up to 1,600 immigrant detainees.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 04/08/2026
Abolish ICE! www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...
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Appleton prison seeks job applicants amid renewed federal interest in facility for immigrant detentions
The 1,600-bed facility in Appleton has long been eyed to help the Trump administration enforce its immigration policies.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 04/08/2026
bad news for MN: CoreCivic just announced its new contract with ICE in Appleton will begin Aug. 11. ir.corecivic.com/news-release...
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CoreCivic Announces New Contract Award At Prairie Correctional Facility | CoreCivic, Inc.
The Investor Relations website contains information about CoreCivic, Inc.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.
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Northern Action @northernaction.org · 03/08/2026
"The most common thing I hear from people who are not directly targeted by the immigration assault is some version of: I want to do something. I just don’t know what." antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
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What You Can Do Right Now
What You Can Do Right Now
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops lending credit to ICE contractors www.phillyvoice.com/citizens-ban...
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After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops extending credit to ICE contractors
The financial group is distancing itself from CoreCivic and GEO Group, which operates Moshannon Valley Processing Center.
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Northern Civil Defense Network @ncdn.work · 24/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Venezuelan man becomes 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year
Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 23/07/2026
from Indivisible "ALL EYES ON ICE! We need all hands on deck for our training Thursday night. Join us for the second call of our Immigrant Justice Summer Training Series. Even if you missed the first call, we need you there. Sign up at bit.ly/july23call.%22
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Immigrant Justice Summer Call #2: How to Connect with Immigrant Justice Orgs in Your Community · Indivisible
The strength of any response to ICE enforcement depends on the relationships that exist before a surge hits. This call trains you on community ecosystem mapping, a structured tool for identifying who ...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 21/07/2026
www.startribune.com/ice-bemidji-...
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ICE detained seven men in recent Bemidji immigration raid
It was the second immigration raid in a month in the city still recovering from last summer’s storm.
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 21/07/2026
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Judge tosses out federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota ‘sanctuary’ policies • Minnesota Reformer
A Trump-appointed federal judge on Monday tossed out a Department of Justice lawsuit that aimed to invalidate state and local “sanctuary” policies, which limit information-sharing and cooperation betw...
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Twin Ports Rapid Response @twinportsrapidresponse.org · 17/07/2026
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AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
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