Abolish ICE Now: Justice for Renee Nicole Good

On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good was killed in South Minneapolis during an ICE operation that never should have happened. Renee was a 37-year-old mother, poet, and community member. She was not a violent criminal. Yet an immigration agent shot her in her own neighborhood. Her death has sparked protests and renewed national outrage over an agency that operates with deadly force and little accountability.

This was not an isolated tragedy. It was the predictable result of an enforcement system that treats communities as battlegrounds. ICE agents were conducting an interior operation in a residential area when Renee was shot as she tried to leave. When armed federal agents are given sweeping authority and minimal oversight, people get killed.

ICE does not make communities safer. It terrorizes them. Families are torn apart, people die in custody, and entire neighborhoods live under the threat of raids. Public opposition to ICE has grown steadily as its tactics become more aggressive and more deadly. Renee’s killing makes clear that this system is dangerous by design.

ICE is not permanent. It was created only 23 years ago, in 2003. In just over two decades, it has accumulated enormous power with devastating consequences. An agency this young, this violent, and this widely opposed can be dismantled.

We demand an immediate end to ICE operations in Minneapolis and a clear path to abolishing the agency entirely, replacing it with a humane immigration system rooted in dignity, due process, and community safety — not force.

Renee Nicole Good’s life mattered. Her family deserves justice. No more raids. No more killings. Abolish ICE now.