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@governorwalz.mn.gov, no doubt your team is seeing plenty of messages on here asking you for action. Don’t worry, I’m about to pile on. Some want you to use the state’s National Guard or even bring back the Minnesota Home Guard to ensure that ICE cannot operate lawlessly. 1/n

I’m certain you feel the gravity of such a decision and are eager not to cause further harm by appearing to escalate this matter from your side. Be assured that the neighbors I know who are facing down federal kidnap squads do not share this concern. We want action that protects us now. 2/n

There is coordinated messaging from ICE agents toward observers, not to mention actual detentions and assaults, that suggest they are happy to escalate without provocation (as if Renee Good’s murder wasn’t enough). If you’re not going to stop them, you can at least commit state resources… 3/n

…to ensure that all their crimes are documented for future prosecution in the state of Minnesota. And you can do more still, in the wider theater of conflict. You have a unique opportunity to do some interstate diplomacy and share resources with the other states where democracy still exists. 4/n