We’ve seen lots of reports of legal observers being arrested in North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, and Eden Prairie. Exercising your first amendment right to observe is not a crime. This is exactly why congress can’t give another penny to DHS.

Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.

Ricky was assaulted by ICE tonight for merely standing on public property.

In NE Minneapolis and Columbia Heights today, Weds. 2/5/26, ICE has been focusing on schools and schoolbus stops. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLBUS STOPS. This is their “softer touch”

Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began. Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.

Council President Payne: "there's no more urgent crisis than what we're going through right now." City's bond rating won't matter when it feels like we're on the brink of civil war.

This morning there was an ICE presence on McKinley street but then over 20 neighbors responded right away with their whistles and cameras and ICE left. This follows over a dozen ICE agents breaking into an apartment on Franklin Ave at 6 am this morning without presenting a warrant.

While Tom Homan was trying to grab headlines this morning ICE was again circling our schools. They’ve been out all morning and no “drawdown” is enough until every single one of these agents is out of our state and DHS is abolished.

We just chased ICE off of Central Ave. We’re saying clearly that ICE needs to leave immediately and should not be funded. One way you can help is by showing up tonight to caucus at 7 PM to support resolutions and candidates who are committed to not funding and completely dismantling ICE.

Caucus tonight at 7 PM. Find your location: caucusfinder.sos.mn.gov

Picture from my ride in today. It feels weird going to City hall to sit in our chambers while our community is being terrorized by ICE, but I’m proud we’ll be bringing forward proposals to fund rental assistance and immigration legal services at our committee of the whole meeting today.

ICE is still here, surrounding schools in Columbia Heights today after Liam was returned. Noem announced that ICE will be issued body cameras. This shows that we’re winning & that we can’t let up. Let your representatives know you don’t support funding ICE and that they need to leave immediately.

Pillsbury PTA is asking for donations to this mutual aid fund to help keep families in their homes. All students deserve to keep their families together and have stable housing. Join me in donating. bit.ly/donate4NEfam...

I donated! Northeast neighbors, give if you can, and spread the word!

We celebrate the return of Liam & his father Adrian, while also knowing that ICE has been as active as ever staging at Powderhorn & Folwell park today. Rent is due today for so many families and we have a big need at NE middle. Donate to NE middle school families in need: givebutter.com/neschool

Legit. This is my community's middle school. I've taught and coached many of the current and former students. Please consider helping them out? Thank you friends.

Help support Northeast Middle School families struggling due to this illegal ICE occupation. Your community support is providing immediate help for families. I will keep pushing for an eviction moratorium, rental assistance, small business support, and more from government. givebutter.com/neschool

More great video from yesterday’s unity ride in Minneapolis, from Recovery Bike Shop. This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe. Minneapolis is a special place. 🚲 ❤️

This is an @elliottpayne.org appreciation post. Not only has he spent every day (!) personally patrolling our neighborhood, he showed up for the Alex Pretti ride and naturally protected his fellow riders. Elliott is the best of Minneapolis: nothing but respect for my Council President. 🫡

Families displaced by flooding in Cedar-Riverside need immediate support for housing, repairs, and basic needs. gofund.me/249253790

We’re so proud of the way our community showed up all across the City today, just like they’ve been doing everyday during this ICE occupation. Your voice matters, as seen by Liam & his Father being ordered by a judge to be released. Keep showing up and speaking out for our neighbors.

In the midst of chaos, our small business owners keep showing up. Today, Hodan Cuisine opened for business on Riverside just east of Cedar. Welcome to Cedar Riverside and thanks for the tasty food.

Please do!! The kind folks that close Little India each night give me samosas and won't allow me to pay. Begging others to supplement my attempts

Hundreds of community members showed up to Target today to tell them to stop being a safe haven for ICE. We’ve seen so many community members taken from Target & the Quarry as they allow ICE to use their parking lot.

This afternoon a group of us met at Recovery and rode down together to the bike ride to honor the life of Alex Pretti. Keep getting out and connecting with other community members to find activities that sustain you because we are in this for the long haul and this is how we win.

Help support a family suffering after their Father was abducted from Central Ave earlier this week.

We just joined Edison high school students as they walked out of school to demand an end to this illegal ICE occupation. Our kids are leading the way and it’s our job to stand with them and make a better world possible for them.

Press conferences and social media posts have not changed conditions on the ground. Another person taken today off of Central Ave and Northeast middle school had to delay letting kids leave because of ICE presence in the area. The federal government continues to make our community less safe.

Since Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered, thousands more Minnesotans have signed up to do ICE watch, rapid response & mutual aid. Some serious courage. Thanks @elliottpayne.org and Kathleen for breaking it down for @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and me.

Hey friends. Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical. @ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!

Thank you @elliottpayne.org and the brave people of Minneapolis for the courageous leadership you are providing at this agonizing, urgent moment. You are inspiring & teaching us, all across the country.

We’ve been on the streets all day with @bradlander.bsky.social and because we had so many patrols out, multiple abductions were prevented. The world is looking to us for inspiration, and we will keep showing them how we show up for our neighbors.

Minneapolis Council President Elliott Payne on TV last night reflecting on the politics of the George Floyd era as it relates to the current federal threat.

Yesterday Bovino left and Tom Homan came to town and ICE continued as usual taking multiple people near Central Ave and throughout the suburbs. But we Minnesotans don’t get scared, we get organized and we get in the streets.

"I think this may me a headfake. They may me shifting their tactics but they’re not shifting their policy," says Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne on Bovino leaving the city, yet DHS apprehensions continuing and agents attempting to enter the Ecuadorian consulate without permission.

This morning ICE attempted to enter into the Ecuadorian consulate on Central Ave but were barred from entering. I spoke with Ambassador Yanez this afternoon and they want to make sure the Ecuadorian community knows it’s still safe to come to the consulate.

ICE has been back at it with their illegal activity today. Abducting multiple neighbors in the Ward, physically assaulting observers, coming into businesses threatening that they will be back to arrest people for no reason. If they come back today, they’re going to have to go through me first.

Help us raise money for a community member who needs to remain anonymous due to being targeted by the federal government during their unlawful occupation of our city. They were targeted by ICE at their job and now have not been able to work. Please donate & share! gofund.me/bc6135384

We’re not going to let people spread hate and lies about our beloved community members. Renee Good & Alex Pretti should be alive and were killed by the federal government because they dared to care about their neighbors. We should be honoring them, not defacing them.

It’s good news that Bovino and some border patrol agents could be leaving our City. This shows that what we’ve been doing is working, which means we can’t let up! We continue to need people on the streets and pressuring our federal representatives not to fund DHS. Keep it up, Minneapolis.

My white neighbors and I scrambled to respond to 2 ICE vehicles this morning. Some nonwhite neighbors monitored the situation to see if they dared to leave the house for work. Other nonwhite neighbors haven’t left the house in a month

There’s a lot of noise right now in the media that is positive and shows that we are winning. But none of that changes the reality for our neighbors on the ground until ICE actually leaves. We still had ICE sitting in the Well Fargo parking lot and outside of Pillsbury this morning.

Everything will move to Committee of the Whole instead of other regular standing committees. All work will still happen, things won’t be delayed, and it gives many of us time to address constituent needs that have only increased massively.

Alex Pretti should be alive. He should be here with us and doing what he loved, helping others as an ICU nurse. We will get justice for Alex, and we will not back down. Keep being in the streets and watching out for your neighbors.

Abolish ICE. Save democracy. youtu.be/3RfMUPiMyIs?...

Alex Pretti was killed in broad daylight by the federal government all because he was out caring for his neighbors. We won’t let them stop us and we will keep watching out for our neighbors to honor him.

Here is a list of vigils happening tonight in Northeast & Southeast.

Here is a list of vigils happening tonight in Northeast & Southeast.

I’ve been here on the scene all morning. Right after recording the convoy you can see in the background of the video tear gassed me.

ICE executed another person in our City this morning on video. The video shows to me multiple agents beating on someone already on the ground and then these masked thugs decide to shoot multiple shots into someone who is already defenseless.