Twin Ports Rapid Response

Twin Ports Rapid Response

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We are an all-volunteer group standing in support of our immigrant family, friends, neighbors, coworkers — community members who are under attack. https://twinportsrapidresponse.org

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Northern Civil Defense Network
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2026-10-26 5:30 Hermantown City Hall Tomorrow night the hermantown city council is voting to approve the permits and the development agreement for the google data center. If they pass the agreement, google can sue to prevent the city from taking any action to block the project.

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Sean Lim
@seanlimmn.bsky.social

Minnesota stands with @ilhanmn.bsky.social 🩵 No president should be able to weaponize the federal government against his political enemies. 📍 New Rally Location 📣 Join us at 4:00pm today at Powderhorn Park Rec Center to stand with @repilhan.bsky.social and all Somali Minnesotans. #IStandWithIlhan

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Peggy Flanagan
@peggyflanagan.bsky.social

There's a clear choice in this race: Do you want a pro-choice Senator, or another yes vote for Trump's anti-abortion agenda? In the Senate, I'm going to fight to restore abortion access, and I'm grateful for everyone who joined us today to talk to their neighbors about the choice in this race.

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MPR News
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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.”

mprnews.orgAfter nonprofit mobilized to support pregnant immigrants this winter, long-term needs emergeFernanda 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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“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...

minnesotareformer.comAmnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report • Minnesota ReformerInternational 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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Northern Civil Defense Network
@ncdn.work

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

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.

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"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...

wagingnonviolence.orgAtlanta offers a model for building sanctuaryBy 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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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...

newrepublic.com“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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"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...

nytimes.comU.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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"The best time to speak out and do something was long ago. The second-best time is now."

Northern Action@northernaction.org

"some people know exactly what is happening. They see the families being separated. They see immigrants disappearing into detention. They see government power being used against people who have little ability to fight back. And they still look away." thepoliticschicks.substack.com/p/the-third-...

thepoliticschicks.substack.comThe Third GroupWe talk about the people who cause harm and the people who resist it. What about the people who watch?
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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...

startribune.comDOC 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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"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...

minnesotareformer.comICE, CoreCivic to open Appleton immigrant detention center this year • Minnesota ReformerImmigration 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...