Until the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis earlier this month, many people still believed that federal immigration enforcement posed a threat only to undocumented immigrants.
Good’s killing shattered that myth. Her death sent shockwaves across the country and served as a brutal warning: no one is exempt from state violence. Regardless of race, gender, or immigration status, when the state decides force is justified, Black lives – citizen or migrant – are rendered disposable.
ICE’s expanding presence under Donald Trump has intensified collaboration between federal agents and local police departments. Local law enforcement now supplies ICE with intelligence, mapping tools, and access to entire neighbourhoods, effectively turning cities into enforcement zones. Homes, workplaces, schools and hospitals have become sites of capture.
