ICE Watch Activism in Minnesota

ICE Watch is a left-leaning activist organization that includes Renee Nicole Good, who tragically lost her mother in Minneapolis. The group’s mission centers on monitoring and opposing immigration enforcement using an app and a rapid response hotline.

The Minnesota chapter, which Good, 37, was involved with, markets itself as an “autonomous group that documents, archives, and resists resistance to ICE, police, and all colonial military regimes,” as stated on their Instagram profile.

The group encourages activists to submit reports about “sightings” of ICE agents at any hour, every day of the year.

According to their social media, the organizers ask individuals to document details such as the number of agents, if anyone is being detained, and the specific location of the incident.

They also request information regarding the types of weapons agents might carry and the vehicles they are using.

A recent post from the group advocated for training on how to collaborate with community members and fight against perceived injustices in Minnesota and the Midwest.

ICE Watch has chapters across the United States, including one in New York City. However, there’s no explicit direction for activists to obstruct arrests.

That said, the Minnesota chapter had reportedly shared a post detailing methods for “de-arresting” individuals. This post was deleted on the following Friday after suggesting ways to physically assist someone being apprehended by law enforcement.

Furthermore, the group featured video evidence alleging an ICE “kidnapping” in Fridley, Minnesota, on January 2.

According to this post, “ICE/FEB agents seem to have parked in a citizen’s driveway and were blocking him in. They opened the door, restrained him, and pulled him from the truck.” The report mentioned the presence of three to four vehicles and about six agents.

Good, regarded by her peers as a steadfast advocate for ICE Watch, was shot and killed by ICE agents after being trapped in her SUV.