With surge winding down here, Pacific Northwest volunteer networks brace for more ICE agents

By: Hal Bernton

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 2,117

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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An immigrant man with long black hair lay cuffed in a snowbank in a south Minneapolis neighborhood.

Federal agents — tactical vests emblazoned with “Police” — hovered over him.

A woman with blond streaked hair, bundled in a purple coat, watchdogged them. She cursed an officer, who repeatedly warned her to stay back. Then, she flung herself on top of the man on the ground, shielding his body with her own.

It was Jan. 29, …

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