A Season of Horror: ICE & Resistance

In the winter of 2025–26, Minnesota became the epicenter of one of the most consequential crises in recent American history—the armed occupation of Minnesota by ICE. The fear and violence was brought by an 3,000 peron invasion force in Trump’s attempt to force Minnesota to its knees and to his will.

Three thousand ICE agents were deployed to hunt “violent immigrant criminals” in a state where immigrants accounted for roughly four percent of violent crime—approximately fifty cases per month already being addressed by local law enforcement. The math didn’t work. The prey was statistically nonexistent. So the target changed—from specific criminals to entire communities based on appearance alone. This was not law enforcement. ICE is not a law enforcement entity—it is a federal civil immigration agency operating outside constitutional protections that bind police. What occurred was occupation: raids without warrants, detentions without probable cause, force without accountability.

The surge ignited sustained protest and legal challenges—especially after federal agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, during confrontations that shocked communities and drew national outrage. ICE & Resistance is the visual and narrative record of a winter shaped by overwhelming federal force and popular defiance—where streets, cameras, and community voices documented a state at odds with its government’s use of power.

Here are the images and stories developed along the way.

A lot has happened since 3,000 ICE agents arrived
Did this all somehow start with a ride down a golden escaltor?
ICE was created in terror, to prevent terror, now it is terror
Of all of the United States, Minnesota has amongst the lowest violent crime.

The Fraud of the Fraud

When a fraud is created, and used to justify stopping fraud – everything falls apart.

The lie starts – was it incompetence, or more sinister
Money, power and taking more drive extremes
When did terrorists become immigrants, and immigrants become terrorists
To attempt to control the narrative – lies and propaganda were prevalent.
ICE Barbie is directing traffic, using her extensive Snow-queen skillset
Trump ranted about the worst of the worst. Including the arrest of a 5-year old boy.
Citizen standoffs against the ICE invasion became common.
Renee Good, a known terrorist according to ICE, had to be murdered in her car. A casualty of oppersion.
Alex Pretti stepped in to help a woman who had been shoved to the ground. He was shot in the back ten times. Another casualty in the ICE oppression.
Many aren’t aware, ICE is on par with the IRS and OSHA in terms of enforcement – civil not criminal enforcement.
So, next time you visit your friendly IRS agent, be thankful, its not ICE.
Hopefully, the IRS does not begin to use ICE tactics – audits will bring a whole new form of trauma.
“Pay your taxes, or you’re under arrest’.
Is this leading somewhere very dark – totalitarianism?
Standoffs between ICE and civilians could be violent – but most protestors are committed to non-violencr
When can we get relief – be rescued and get back to flourishing