FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 8, 2026
MEDIA CONTACT:
Tori Falcon, MOVE Texas, [email protected], (210) 259-7564
From Minneapolis to Texas: MOVE Texas Action Fund Condemns ICE’s Unchecked Violence
TEXAS — Yesterday, Minneapolis resident and legal observer Renee Nicole Good was killed during a violent operation carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in her community.
For months, ICE has carried out violent, militarized operations that have terrorized immigrant communities across the country with impunity. This excessive use of force is the latest act in a sustained pattern of state violence being unleashed onto our communities.
This extreme act demands the immediate withdrawal of ICE from Minneapolis and real accountability for the government officials and state violence actors whose decisions continue to put lives at risk.
In response to the violence in Minneapolis, MOVE Texas Action Fund Executive Director Mia Balderas issued the following statement:
“Since its founding, and especially under the renewed emboldening of President Donald Trump, ICE has grown increasingly violent and unaccountable. ICE now functions as a lawless enforcement arm, expanding far beyond its original scope, embedding itself in our neighborhoods to terrorize, abuse, and destabilize all communities.
Renee’s death is a tragic, avoidable outcome. There is no, and there will never be, justification for this level of violence against any members of our community. We join the urgent calls for accountability and for immediate action to ensure this never happens again – in Minnesota, Texas, or across the country. We are in solidarity with young people who are taking to the streets demanding that ICE leave our communities alone, that community-led safety and care be centered in this moment, and that lawmakers and political leaders act now to hold ICE and the federal government accountable for the unchecked state violence that continues to devastate our country. Only together can we protect the dignity of our communities and demand the justice that Renee Nicole Good and all victims of ICE violence deserve.”
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MOVE Texas Action Fund is a grassroots nonprofit organization mobilizing young Texans to influence policy and electoral change.