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on unceded lands of lower Tanana Dene peoples, also called Fairbanks || zero tolerance for fascists
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Info for calling our Senators and Pack the Offices:
ICE also received an influx of billions in additional funding from the so-called "One Big Beautiful" bill. The bill placed no guardrails or conditional oversight on the use of this money, essentially creating a $75 billion slush fund for ICE to continue their violent attacks on communities across the country. Call on your representatives to block any DHS appropriations bill or Continuing Resolution (CR) that maintains funding for ICE. This lawless and violent agency must be defunded and dissolved for good. Relevant representatives for this issue Lisa Murkowski US Senator AK Dan Sullivan US Senator AK Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/28) - SENATE VOTE THURSDAY Updates January 28, 2026: House Republicans have combined their standalone DHS funding bill with five other government funding bills. The Senate must now vote on the six-bill package as a whole. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is refusing to separate the DHS funding bill from the overall funding package, holding funding for Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and more hostage to force Democrats to support continued DHS funding. Senators must demand a vote on the standalone DHS bill to continue pushing for ICE reforms while ensuring continued funding for essential government agencies. Recent atrocities committed against both immigrants and citizens under the Trump administration have shone a light on abuses of power by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A whistleblower recently revealed an internal DHS memo authorizing ICE agents to enter homes without a warrant signed by a judge, in a flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment. However, these abuses are hardly new. Since ICE and CBP were established in 2003, the agencies have terrorized immigrant communities, conducted unconstitutional border checkpoints, torn apart families, denied immigrants their due process rights, and subjected detained immigrants to physical, sexual, and mental abuse. The killing of Renee Good in Minnesota was the 9th ICE shooting since September 2025. Pack The Offices Every Monday in Fairbanks 3:30-5pm at the Federal Building 101 12* Ave, Fairbanks, AK What: Leave written comments with the offices of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Nick Begich. Why: Show them that we are watching and urge them to do the right thing! Stop by for 15 minutes to leave a comment, or stay longer and chat! Find us in front of Murkowski's office on the main floor.
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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The Sunday demonstration, dubbed "ICE Out" by organizers, follows the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Previous events this month happened in response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis and to the one-year anniversary of Trump's inauguration. Photos of protest signs. Liberty and justice for all. Trump administration officials have made various claims about the threat posed to ICE agents by Pretti. Witness videos, shared widely online, contradict administration claims and appear to show Pretti restrained on the ground at the time he was shot. Protesters carried signs on Sunday expressing outrage over the shooting and the false claims made by officials in the aftermath. Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks donned yellow scarves and gathered at the front of the crowd on the corner of Geist Road and University Avenue, holding a large banner that read "Side with Love." Fellowship member Eric Muehling noted that one of the other UUF members, who is an ordained minister, attended protests with Minnesota clergy members in Minneapolis on Friday and shared her experiences with the Fairbanks fellowship on Sunday morning. Two other UUF members in January 26, 2026 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner morning. Two other UUF members in attendance have daughters who live in the Minneapolis area. " The description of what she saw is horrifying," Muehling said. 'I'm deeply upset and disturbed by the ICE killings in Minneapolis and the fascism that I see growing in this country." Many of the 200-plus demonstrators on Sunday showed up for "ICE Out" due to personal connections with people impacted by ICE actions in Minnesota. Fairbanks resident Kristen Olive has family in the suburbs of Minneapolis who have seen their daily lives impacted by the ongoing ICE presence. January 26, 2026 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner "ICE showed up at my niece's high school yesterday morning during a music practice so she texted my sister worried. My sister-in-law in another suburb said there are helicopters flying over all the time now, nobody knows why, and it's just really unsettling and scary for many, many people," Olive said. One Fairbanks resident, who asked to be identified only as Forest out of fear of reprisal, was motivated to attend Sunday's protest by the killing of Pretti and what he asserts are lies spread by the Trump administration. Forest attended with a stack of pocket- sized copies of the U.S. Constitution, which he placed on the snowbank at the corner of the intersection for attendees to pick up. He carried a sign with photos of his grandfather, a fighter pilot in World War II, and a written reminder that his grandfather, and others, risked their lives fighting fascism. January 26, 2026 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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That all works fine if you trust these companies to “follow the rules” :)
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM