Reports Credit Minneapolis Community With Blunting ICE Operation
Opinion accounts credit neighborhood mutual aid with disrupting ICE plans in the Twin Cities.
Overview
- The Crooks and Liars piece cites Adam Serwer’s Atlantic reporting that a multiracial Minneapolis held together and that ICE official Bovino was reportedly forced to leave the Twin Cities.
- Bluesky posts quoted in the article describe residents coordinating observations, giving rides, delivering food, and assisting families in hiding.
- The coverage frames planned enforcement as being blunted by local resistance, with community protection efforts described as ongoing.
- The article portrays ICE and Border Patrol agents, as well as the president who deployed them, as violent actors and alleges shootings of a mother and a nurse, presented as the author’s claims.
- The reported developments largely rely on opinion writing and social-media accounts with limited independent verification noted in the coverage.