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Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis. Renee was a peaceful neighbor, poet, and artist who studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. But Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, under Donald Trump, labeled Renee a “domestic terrorist” —a complete fabrication, a falsehood used to justify the crackdown on activism fighting the Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant policies. Following Renee’s murder, protests erupted across the country, and we must unite to demand justice for Renee and strengthen the fight for immigrants’ rights.
A national struggle in defense of immigrants’ rights
Kristi Noem’s ridiculous statements were rejected even by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The reality is that on Tuesday, January 6, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed more than 2,000 agents to the twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul with the objective of arresting and prosecuting Somali immigrants residing in the city. Among the officials and officers was Gregory Bovino, a high-ranking Border Patrol official who has become the public face of the raids in Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities.
But as has been happening in cities everywhere, Americans themselves came to the defense of immigrants of other nationalities living in our country. Renee was exercising her legal right to protest against ICE activity, to confront its abuses, defending people against ICE violence, which has inspired thousands of people across the country to patrol neighborhoods and provide support to those targeted by ICE, which represses, persecutes, and separates hundreds of citizens from their families and communities through deportation.
When ICE agents confronted Renee’s car, they brutally shot her. In a scene reminiscent of the raids in Los Angeles and Chicago, protesters shouted at the agents and blew whistles, a common sound during these types of actions. “Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ ICE out of Minnesota!” they chanted loudly from behind the police cordon. The mobilization demanding Justice for Renee is now sweeping across the country, from California to New York, from Boston to Minnesota; in every city in the country, a mass mobilization is confronting the government of Donald Trump and his immigration policy.
To make the national movement for the defense of immigrants ever larger.
Since last year, a movement has been underway in which hundreds of activists across the country, like Renee Nicole Good, have taken to the streets to protect their friends, neighbors, coworkers, and members of our immigrant communities. We have developed creative and combative tactics for the struggle, and now it is time to expand this movement, as we have been developing it as part of the Fourth American Revolution that is shaking our country and the world. To read more about the American revolution click here
Our country has been developing movements that then become global struggles since the fall of the Pentagon and the outbreak of the global capitalist crisis between 2008 and 2009, first with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement against the bankers and capitalism; in 2013, with the Black Lives Matter (BLM ) movement in defense of the rights of African Americans; then with the “Me Too” movement in 2017 in defense of women’s rights. And then more movements like…
In 2017, the “New Unionism” movement emerged, fueled by strikes against the management of the multinational food company Kellogg’s in October 2021 and the victory of Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York’s logistics hub, which gave rise to a new wave of union activism. Subsequently, the massive movement of mobilizations and university occupations in support of Palestine arose in 2024, which also gave rise to groups such as “Within Our Lifetime ,” led by Nerdeen Kiswani, a Palestinian-American activist from Brooklyn.
In 2025, the immigrant rights movement emerged in response to immigration policy, culminating in protests in Los Angeles, California, against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting immigrants. Then, in June 2025, the “No Kings” movement arose as part of a series of protests held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, the 250th anniversary of the Armed Forces, which included a military parade in Washington, D.C., coinciding with President Trump’s 79th birthday. Now we must expand and strengthen the movement to defend immigrants’ rights, defeat ICE, and overturn Donald Trump’s policies. Join La Marx US to make this goals a reality.
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