Grateful for people who are putting in the hard work to help immigrants

Attended an Indivisible Twin Cities session on Saturday on immigration.  Heard from a young man from El Salvador who explained his path to legal status and the fact his parents still do not have legal status.  More personal stories of families under extreme stress right now.  Learned more about the Immigrant Defense Network and local strategies including:

• Working with local city governments to keep police departments from working with ICE - contact your city council representative and ask for their support

• ACLU is working on a state level to unmask ICE. Our statutes are old and need to be updated.  Only California has passed a law, doesn’t go into effect until January 1, 2026 and Massachusetts and New York are working on bills.  Contact your state reps to ask for their support.

• No new detention facilities in Minnesota. Sherburne, Freeborn, and Kandiyohi counties have long-standing contracts for housing ICE detainees. Additionally, the former Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton is being considered for reopening as a potential future detention center. Working to stop Appleon from being reopened.

Indivisible Twin Cities is doing great work in addition to organizing and planning No Kings rallies as well as local daily protests. Grateful for all their work.