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.
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Within days of his second term President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders focused on immigration. In Minnesota, those decisions had immediate effects. Fewer than 100 refugees arrived in Minnesota after January 2025.
How executive orders, ICE actions and policy changes affected Minnesota immigrants in 2025
A look at how sweeping federal immigration policy changes in 2025 affected Minnesota, from refugee resettlement and enforcement actions to court cases and community responses across the state.
www.mprnews.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Within days of his second term President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders focused on immigration. In Minnesota, those decisions had immediate effects. Fewer than 100 refugees arrived in Minnesota after January 2025.
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🗣️ Louder for the people in the back!
Powerful words from ISAIAH & @faithinmn.org Co-Executive Director Minister JaNaé Imari.
💥 We will never stop fighting for one another. That’s what our People’s Agenda is all about. #ALightInTheStorm #LoveThyNeighbor
Powerful words from ISAIAH & @faithinmn.org Co-Executive Director Minister JaNaé Imari.
💥 We will never stop fighting for one another. That’s what our People’s Agenda is all about. #ALightInTheStorm #LoveThyNeighbor
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🗣️ Louder for the people in the back!
Powerful words from ISAIAH & @faithinmn.org Co-Executive Director Minister JaNaé Imari.
💥 We will never stop fighting for one another. That’s what our People’s Agenda is all about. #ALightInTheStorm #LoveThyNeighbor
Powerful words from ISAIAH & @faithinmn.org Co-Executive Director Minister JaNaé Imari.
💥 We will never stop fighting for one another. That’s what our People’s Agenda is all about. #ALightInTheStorm #LoveThyNeighbor
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The GEO Group and CoreCivic, companies that provide detention space for ICE, had their stocks soar leading up to last year’s inauguration of President Donald Trump.
But while Trump’s deportation machine had explosive growth, its reach hasn’t lived up to Wall Street expectations.
But while Trump’s deportation machine had explosive growth, its reach hasn’t lived up to Wall Street expectations.
Trump’s Vow to Arrest Immigrants Lifted Private Prison Stocks. Then Why Did They Tank?
ICE wants to detain more than 100,000 people at a time, but the historic ramp up has been slower than Wall Street expected.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The GEO Group and CoreCivic, companies that provide detention space for ICE, had their stocks soar leading up to last year’s inauguration of President Donald Trump.
But while Trump’s deportation machine had explosive growth, its reach hasn’t lived up to Wall Street expectations.
But while Trump’s deportation machine had explosive growth, its reach hasn’t lived up to Wall Street expectations.
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This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
The big-money right-wing push to upend the Constitution—and kill birthright citizenship
“We’re in totally uncharted territory.”
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This year felt like a decade. I wanted to highlight some of the immigration reporting I've done over the past 12 months:
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
In January, I wrote about the big money fueling the right's plot to end birthright citizenship.
ICE agents have been seen driving aggressively, going the wrong way down one-way streets and sharing a single set of license plates between two different cars, Clark said, to prevent people like her from tracking their movements.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
Inside the organized resistance to ICE in Minnesota
As the federal government broadened immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, a network of neighborhood activists ramped up pushback by keeping tabs on ICE agents and lending aid to families in hidi...
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE agents have been seen driving aggressively, going the wrong way down one-way streets and sharing a single set of license plates between two different cars, Clark said, to prevent people like her from tracking their movements.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
www.startribune.com/inside-the-o...
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"Ultimately, the incident has proved a boon to her career. Nezza is suddenly everywhere." A lot of people like standing up. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48X3cq1
Defiance in a Time of Cowardice
She sang the national anthem in Spanish as deportation forces assaulted L.A. Now she’s headed to Sundance.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Ultimately, the incident has proved a boon to her career. Nezza is suddenly everywhere." A lot of people like standing up. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48X3cq1
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How Somali Minnesotans are resisting ICE and President Trump
How Somali Minnesotans are resisting ICE
Recently, Sahan Journal spoke to Minnesota Senator Zaynab Mohamed about the ICE operations targeting Somalis and how the community’s responding through humor, resilience and mutual support.
sahanjournal.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
How Somali Minnesotans are resisting ICE and President Trump
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Twin Ports Rapid Response News 2025-12-26
We are an all-volunteer group standing in support of our immigrant family, friends, neighbors, coworkers — community members who are under attack.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Twin Ports Rapid Response newsletter now available online!
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"[ICE] is buying millions of dollars’ worth of new surveillance tools at the same time President Trump has scaled back protections for use of civilian data — a combination that could lead to a vast expansion of domestic surveillance that goes far beyond immigrants."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
ICE’s interest in high-tech gear raises new questions: ‘What is it for?’
The immigration agency’s surveillance tools and increased access to government databases draws privacy concerns.
www.politico.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"[ICE] is buying millions of dollars’ worth of new surveillance tools at the same time President Trump has scaled back protections for use of civilian data — a combination that could lead to a vast expansion of domestic surveillance that goes far beyond immigrants."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
"Our district adheres to strict protocols to ensure our schools remain places of learning and support:"
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Duluth Public Schools Superintendent releases statement in response to ICE being in Twin Ports-area - Fox21Online
John Magas DULUTH, Min,. – Duluth Public Schools Superintendent John Magas sent a message to parents in the district titled, “Our Commitment to Student Safety and Belonging.” The statement said in par...
www.fox21online.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Our district adheres to strict protocols to ensure our schools remain places of learning and support:"
www.fox21online.com/2025/12/19/d...
www.fox21online.com/2025/12/19/d...
This training will share important skills for documenting ICE activity and supporting neighbors in your community.
January 7, 5:00–6:30pm
Zoom
January 7, 5:00–6:30pm
Zoom
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This training will share important skills for documenting ICE activity and supporting neighbors in your community.
January 7, 5:00–6:30pm
Zoom
January 7, 5:00–6:30pm
Zoom
"The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to dramatically expand its immigration detention capacity, potentially using up to two dozen warehouse “mega centers” across the country that could detain 5,000 or more people at the largest sites."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
ICE Plans Detention Expansion With Deal to Design 'Mega Centers'
Agency envisions up to two dozen warehouses, some of which could hold 5,000 people or more.
www.bloomberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to dramatically expand its immigration detention capacity, potentially using up to two dozen warehouse “mega centers” across the country that could detain 5,000 or more people at the largest sites."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"'We need to get better at treating this like a business,' ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said ... The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: 'Like Prime, but with human beings.'"
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"'We need to get better at treating this like a business,' ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said ... The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: 'Like Prime, but with human beings.'"
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into Illinois over the objections of its governor.
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center characterized the ruling as a major legal blow to Trump's plans for deployments.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center characterized the ruling as a major legal blow to Trump's plans for deployments.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...
Supreme Court rules against Trump in National Guard case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the gov...
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into Illinois over the objections of its governor.
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center characterized the ruling as a major legal blow to Trump's plans for deployments.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...
Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center characterized the ruling as a major legal blow to Trump's plans for deployments.
www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...