Daniel Herriges
@dpherriges.bsky.social
Urbanist advocate. Policy Director at the Parking Reform Network. Writer at Strong Towns. Co-author "Escaping the Housing Trap." St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Good, solid advice that I really, really hope doesn’t become more necessary for more people in the coming days
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Good, solid advice that I really, really hope doesn’t become more necessary for more people in the coming days
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Judges have enabled the rise of authoritarianism for years. Nobody thought the TRO was a magic shield—we know ICE has attacked peaceful community members while it's been in place—but this opinion (from the overwhelmingly conservative 8th Circuit) directly enables violence against Minnesotans.
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Judges have enabled the rise of authoritarianism for years. Nobody thought the TRO was a magic shield—we know ICE has attacked peaceful community members while it's been in place—but this opinion (from the overwhelmingly conservative 8th Circuit) directly enables violence against Minnesotans.
In addition to the better-known Hmong, St. Paul is home to the largest Karen refugee community in the US.
Trump terminated their TPS in Nov. Many could be deported to Burma (Myanmar), where they're subject to ethnic cleansing by a military dictatorship.
Including kids who have never lived there.
Trump terminated their TPS in Nov. Many could be deported to Burma (Myanmar), where they're subject to ethnic cleansing by a military dictatorship.
Including kids who have never lived there.
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In addition to the better-known Hmong, St. Paul is home to the largest Karen refugee community in the US.
Trump terminated their TPS in Nov. Many could be deported to Burma (Myanmar), where they're subject to ethnic cleansing by a military dictatorship.
Including kids who have never lived there.
Trump terminated their TPS in Nov. Many could be deported to Burma (Myanmar), where they're subject to ethnic cleansing by a military dictatorship.
Including kids who have never lived there.
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
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ICE today is terrorizing Twin Cities kids getting picked up by school buses and their families
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ICE today is terrorizing Twin Cities kids getting picked up by school buses and their families
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's a small thing, but it fills me with civic pride to walk through the giant park near my house and see Hmong families having cookouts, Somali parents pushing their laughing kids on the swings.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
Like, here are people who've endured horrors, and my city has welcomed them in to build peaceful lives.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
This, and the majority of people here who are participating in some tangible way in community defense / mutual aid are not activists or regular protestors or even particularly political. Many have gotten involved through a school, or a church, or neighbors going door-to-door.
It's remarkable.
It's remarkable.
The median Minneapolis moderate right now is like “GET THESE CRIMINAL GHOULS OUT OF OUR CITY” and working arm-in-arm with DSA. People not from here cannot comprehend the degree of factional rancor that instantly evaporated when the men with masks showed up
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 AM
This, and the majority of people here who are participating in some tangible way in community defense / mutual aid are not activists or regular protestors or even particularly political. Many have gotten involved through a school, or a church, or neighbors going door-to-door.
It's remarkable.
It's remarkable.
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The problem of expanding the smash and grabs to include all people who don't look American enough, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, is it becomes obvious we're not debating immigration policy. It's a government campaign of racialized, militarized street thuggery and harassment.
Nasra Ahmed, a U.S. citizen raised in St. Paul, recounts the encounter with a dozen ICE agents that led to two days at the Sherburne County Jail. She was taken for an MRI in arm and leg restraints, and then released Friday night without charges:
January 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The problem of expanding the smash and grabs to include all people who don't look American enough, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, is it becomes obvious we're not debating immigration policy. It's a government campaign of racialized, militarized street thuggery and harassment.
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Plow driver for the City of St Paul — with legal status and valid commercial drivers license — taken by ICE and sent to El Paso, TX.
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St. Paul Public Works says worker illegally detained by ICE
St. Paul Public Works Director Sean Kershaw says one of the department's employees was detained by ICE agents last week.
The department says he was legally authorized to work in the U.S. by the…
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January 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Plow driver for the City of St Paul — with legal status and valid commercial drivers license — taken by ICE and sent to El Paso, TX.
youtu.be/tQ3l4OvriBw?...
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ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
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Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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At any given moment, in any place in Minnesota, this can roll up on you. Snatching people from the parking lot of Burger King. The drop off line. From work. It’s fucking bonkers
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
At any given moment, in any place in Minnesota, this can roll up on you. Snatching people from the parking lot of Burger King. The drop off line. From work. It’s fucking bonkers
I've had friends reach out and ask about "the protests in MN" and I've responded that "protests" is a terrible way to describe what is going on (although there are those too).
We are under attack by a lawless federal agency, and there is massive, decentralized community mobilization in response.
We are under attack by a lawless federal agency, and there is massive, decentralized community mobilization in response.
Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
by @democraticwins.bsky.social CNN just aired a devastating compilation of all the times ICE brutally attacked Americans. Remember, Donald Trump sponsored this. This is done at his command.
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I've had friends reach out and ask about "the protests in MN" and I've responded that "protests" is a terrible way to describe what is going on (although there are those too).
We are under attack by a lawless federal agency, and there is massive, decentralized community mobilization in response.
We are under attack by a lawless federal agency, and there is massive, decentralized community mobilization in response.
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Here's a positive message about a politician: Council President Elliot Payne has been in the streets every single day working for his community. ICE even assaulted him for it. He leads by example, putting himself between ICE and the people even though he's at particular risk of harm as a Black man.
minneapolis city council president elliott payne is a leader who has always stood up for protecting his community. at the DFL somali caucus meeting last year, party chair richard carlbom talked about finding proud boy stickers in NE and how payne biked over to help tear them all down
January 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Here's a positive message about a politician: Council President Elliot Payne has been in the streets every single day working for his community. ICE even assaulted him for it. He leads by example, putting himself between ICE and the people even though he's at particular risk of harm as a Black man.
Every day another headline that a) I can't believe I'm reading, but b) makes me so proud of the way the whole community here is stepping up.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Every day another headline that a) I can't believe I'm reading, but b) makes me so proud of the way the whole community here is stepping up.
Bollards everywhere, let's gooooooo!
it's time for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social to join the War on Minneapolis on the side of Minneapolis
- Use routine powers (construction, traffic calming) that are neutral but would reclaim public space for resident use/safety -- esp around children/essential services
- Require warrants for every interaction that req's city involvement
- Inspect hotels for fire code violations caused by firearms
- Require warrants for every interaction that req's city involvement
- Inspect hotels for fire code violations caused by firearms
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Bollards everywhere, let's gooooooo!
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
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It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's impossible to comply with these goons, they tell her to go, she starts to go....and then the guy runs up and smashes the window and they all surround her and drag her out. Criminals doing carjackings are more organized than this
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A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
My favorite spot on the Mississippi on a gorgeous day this past October.
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
My favorite spot on the Mississippi on a gorgeous day this past October.
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Looking for a little bit of good news?
Delegate Shelly Simonds just introduced a bill (HB262) in the Virginia General Assembly that would prohibit minimum parking mandates for any building, new or existing, in the state.
Just one of ~7 similar bills we expect this session @parkingreform.org
Delegate Shelly Simonds just introduced a bill (HB262) in the Virginia General Assembly that would prohibit minimum parking mandates for any building, new or existing, in the state.
Just one of ~7 similar bills we expect this session @parkingreform.org
HB262 - 2026 Regular Session | LIS
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January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Looking for a little bit of good news?
Delegate Shelly Simonds just introduced a bill (HB262) in the Virginia General Assembly that would prohibit minimum parking mandates for any building, new or existing, in the state.
Just one of ~7 similar bills we expect this session @parkingreform.org
Delegate Shelly Simonds just introduced a bill (HB262) in the Virginia General Assembly that would prohibit minimum parking mandates for any building, new or existing, in the state.
Just one of ~7 similar bills we expect this session @parkingreform.org