"Once again, Minnesota is the center of attention, and for reasons we’d rather not be. 

Masked federal agents are invading our towns, snatching up our neighbors who look Latino or African or Asian, and dousing our neighborhoods in tear gas. They're raiding and staking out schools and daycares, pulling people out of cars (which are left abandoned on the roads), and sending people into hiding. Schools and businesses are shutting down for safety reasons.

There has been excellent coverage of this crisis from both local and national media. But we wanted to amplify the voices of ordinary Minnesotans, to hear how the ICE occupation has changed their lives. And we wanted the world outside of Minnesota to hear from them. 

We asked people for their stories, and we were flooded with responses." -Keith Harris

[and my favorite one below]

Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

Indigenous-led water protectors on Friday engaged in multiple direct actions against Enbridge's highly controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota, on the same day that state regulators denied a request from two tribes to stop the Canadian company from proceeding with the project.

Water protectors blocked pipeline traffic and climbed and occupied trees as part of Friday's actions. Urging other Indigenous peoples and allies to "take a stand," the Anishinaabe activists at one of the protests told other Native Americans that "your ancestors are here too."

"Take a moment to speak to her, our Mother Earth is crying out for the warriors to rise again," they said. "Strong hearts to the front!"

In a statement, Line 3 Media Collective said that the pipeline "violates the treaty rights of Anishinaabe peoples by endangering critical natural resources in the 1854, 1855, and 1867 treaty areas, where the Ojibwe have the right to hunt, fish, gather medicinal plants, harvest wild rice, and preserve sacred sites."

"The state of Minnesota does not have the consent of many tribes that will be impacted by construction and spills," the group added. "Last week, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and the White Earth Band petitioned the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to pause its approval of Line 3 construction while challenges to the permits are considered by the Minnesota Court of Appeals."