Protesting Can Be Good For You |
Since the start of this year, Minneapolis has endured an onslaught of ICE-led immigrant detainments, protestor arrests and violent street clashes that no community should have to endure. By invading schools, daycares, homes and workplaces — and threatening immigrants both documented and undocumented — ICE has ratcheted up fear and ire across the community.
Minneapolis residents have shown up in remarkable — and inspiring — numbers to protect and support their vulnerable neighbors. By doing so, Minneapolis is modeling community allyship to counter state-sponsored aggression towards immigrants.
But, of course, they are not alone.
Since President Trump's inauguration last January, record numbers of protests have been happening in the streets across the United States — in urban centers like Los Angeles to small towns like Lawrence, Kansas. From 2017 to 2025, there was a 133% increase in political protests, marking a massive uptick since Trump's first term in office.
Americans are chronically stressed right now.
Despite ICE's invasive tactics, the collective response is heartening. Perhaps it will mark a shift towards the long-overdue repair work of our politically fractured........