I’m taking them at their word on this, even as I remember everything else they’ve said. Even as I know the track record. But it matters that we forced them to say it.
This has been two months of sustained daily resistance. With faith leaders protecting churches, neighbors standing witness, taking turns keeping watch.
Two months of evangelical and religious communities across Minnesota turning away from the cruelty being done in their name.
The pressure worked.
ICE OUT NOW worked.
Today, because organized, compassionate people who believe in the common good refused to accept this as normal, the surge is ending.
Here’s what that means for what comes next.
The Republicans who enabled ICE’s brutality in Minnesota — who stayed silent or even cheered when Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed — are up for reelection this year.
