Community Defense

Protecting Our Cities From ICE Will Require A Regional Approach

April 8, 2026 Nikki Fortunato Bas, Next City. Organize! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Regional cooperation

Like many of you, I was grief-stricken watching the fallout of the Trump administration’s attack on Minnesota. Too many of our neighbors were left living in the kind of fear that quickly makes its way through school drop-off lines and courthouse hallways and can keep someone from going to work or even seeking medical care. Yet we were also reminded of how neighbors can stand up for one another when communities are tested. From the Bay Area to Chicago, progressive local leaders are recognizing that no single city or county can meet this moment alone.

Nurses Forge Alliances To Protect Patients From Immigration Crackdown

April 5, 2026 Marianne Dhenin, Truthout. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Nurses

After the House of Representatives passed bills to send $10 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security in January, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses published a demand that Congress abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Nurses demand the removal of immigration enforcement agents from communities, the abolition of ICE, and accountability for this administration’s crimes against all residents of the United States,” read the January 23 statement from National Nurses United (NNU), which represents over 225,000 registered nurses nationwide.

Allegheny County Organizes Against ICE Kidnappings

April 5, 2026 Jay Arthur, People's World. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Pennsylvania, Public School

Pittsburgh—On Feb. 18, 2:45 p.m., dozens lined up to stand watch outside Turner Intermediate School in Wilkinsburg, PA. They were on the lookout for ICE, which had kidnapped a minor that morning, less than three blocks from the school. Among the attendees was Amanda Barber, President of the Wilkinsburg School Board. “We were notified that there was ICE activity at a local corner store. When we arrived, we spoke with the crossing guard and two parents that were witnesses to what happened.” After hearing the news that morning, Barber mobilized the community.

The New Antifascist Consensus

March 23, 2026 Shane Burley, In These Times. Organize! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Mutual Aid

Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, like hundreds of other residents and organizers in the Twin Cities, now keeps a strict schedule — at least every other day — of long volunteer patrols for vehicles driven by federal immigration agents occupying the region. In about two and a half months, thousands of agents unleashed wanton violence across the country as they abduct an average of more than 60 residents per day; shooting, killing and firing chemical weapons at nonviolent protesters, and extrajudicially arrest preschoolers and send them across the country.

A Snapshot Of The Possible

March 21, 2026 Alex Han, In These Times. Strategize! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Minnesota

In 2023, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party held a slim, single-seat majority in the Minnesota State Senate and control of the State House and Governor’s Mansion. It had been a decade since the last Democratic trifecta in the state, which like many similar moments of prior eras, produced only incremental wins for progressives and the Left. Since the financial crisis and Great Recession of the early Obama era, a core group of community and union organizers in Minnesota had been building what they called “alignment.” It would go beyond the traditional coalitions so many of us were used to — ones coalesced around a single fight but too pragmatic to inspire people to action.

Lebanese Village Resisted Two Israeli Commando Drops Last Week

March 20, 2026 Layla Yammine, Mondoweiss. Resist! Community Defense, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Wars and Militarism

As the residents of Nabi Chit settled in to sleep on the night of March 6-7, 2026, Hajjeh Hamda al-Halbawi heard strange digging noises in the Shukr family cemetery right outside her home, an unusual disturbance at such a late hour. When she stepped out of her home to investigate, a drone immediately opened fire at her. Witnesses tell Mondoweiss that the moment her son and daughter rushed over to take her to the hospital, the drone targeted them as well. All three were killed. The strikes soon became a massacre, as another neighbor emerged from a nearby house and was struck by a drone on his balcony.

How Memphis Is Responding To ICE And National Guard Presence

March 19, 2026 Eliana Perozo, Next City. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Tennessee

Carlos Ochoa is a Latino Memphian. He has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, for over a decade. And for a large portion of that time, he’s worked to protect immigrant rights in the city. He’s the media correspondent for Vecindarios 901, a volunteer-based coalition rapidly responding to the fear and chaos Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee has brought to the Memphis community since he invited the National Guard in, as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force. According to Ochoa, people are afraid to drive to work or take their children to school. It’s not just immigrants who are afraid.

South Burlington ICE Raid Triggers Large Protest

March 14, 2026 Colin Flanders, Seven Days. Resist! Community Defense, Detention, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Vermont

Hundreds of people crowded into downtown Burlington on Friday night to protest the botched immigration operation in South Burlington that led to confrontations between activists and law enforcement and ended with the detainment of three immigrants. Protesters, carrying signs that said “Get ICE Out of VT” and “Free Them All,” gathered at the bottom of Church Street and marched up to the federal courthouse on Elmwood Avenue before returning to the steps of city hall. They demanded the release of the detainees: a 31-year-old Honduran man named Christian Humberto Jerez Andrade and two Ecuadorean sisters: Daysi Camila Patin Patin, 20, and Jisella Johana Patin Patin, 31.

Community Control DC: A People’s Platform For Self-Determination

March 13, 2026 Pan-African Community Action, Black Agenda Report. Create! Community Defense, Governance, Participatory budgeting, Self-Determination, Washington DC

The political landscape in Washington, D.C., is ever shifting. Late last year Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she would not be seeking reelection for a fourth term, leaving a mayoral vacancy in DC for the first time in over a decade. DC Councilmembers are experiencing a shake-up with At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds stepping away from a bid for reelection and the resignation of At-Large Council member Kenyan McDuffie, as he plans to run for mayor.. As the city inches toward an active election campaign season, Black and working class communities in D.C. hold little power over their institutions of health, education, and safety.

Residents’ ICE Blockades: Community Defense Meets Public Streets

March 10, 2026 Cole Hanson, Next City. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Minneapolis, road blockades

In late January and early February, residents in South Minneapolis erected what they called “filter blockades” at multiple intersections along Cedar Avenue between 32nd and 34th Streets. Using traffic cones, furniture and makeshift barriers, organizers stopped vehicles, checked license plates against databases and asked drivers for identification — all in an effort to identify and block potential ICE vehicles from entering the neighborhood. The practice quickly spread. The Star Tribune reported blockades on Lyndale Avenue, Pillsbury Avenue and 14th Avenue, with residents describing the actions as “neighborhood meetings” and displaying banners reading “Join Us, Block ICE.”

California Counties Are Directly Funding Immigrant Legal Defense

March 9, 2026 Renee Bartlett-Webber, Next City. Create! California, Community Defense, Immigrant Rights, Legal System

With the Trump administration escalating immigration enforcement, a number of California municipal and county governments are setting aside public money to help immigrants and rapid response networks build legal defenses. San Francisco and Alameda County are among the latest to designate additional money for immigrants to defend themselves against deportation. In October, when President Donald Trump threatened to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors beefed up its defense fund by a unanimous vote with $3.5 million. In March, Alameda County doubled the fund it had started with $3.5 million.

Amid Community Pressure, City Halts Plate Reader Camera Contract

March 9, 2026 Michael Powers, People's World. Resist! Community Defense, Flock, Iowa, Surveillance

Coralville, Iowa—Following a meeting on February 24, the Coralville City Council voted 3-1 to cancel its $36,000 contract with Flock Safety and remove the city’s automated license plate reader cameras (ALPRs). The decision follows months of community pressure and a recent legal threat from the Iowa Attorney General’s office regarding the city’s restrictions on the cameras for immigration enforcement. The controversy dates back nearly a year, when the $36,000 contract was first signed by the police chief without prior public discussion or a dedicated City Council vote.

Postal Workers Demand To Kick ICE Off Postal Property

March 8, 2026 Emmett Bongaarts, Labor Notes. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Minneapolis, Postal Workers

As federal agents laid siege to the city of Minneapolis, rank-and-file postal workers in the Twin Cities organized two anti-ICE rallies. The first, on December 15, was held in response to ICE agents using the employee parking lots at the Lake Street and Powderhorn Post Offices to stage their operations. The second demonstration was held on January 18, after the killing of Renee Good. This was a much larger affair with around 250 participants, and involved other local unions such as the teachers, communications workers, and bus drivers.

Keep ICE Out Of Stores, Say Starbucks Workers

March 7, 2026 Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Minneapolis, Starbucks

Since more than 4,000 ICE agents descended on the city of Minneapolis, Starbucks barista Alex Rivers has tried to balance the exacting focus the job requires—baristas are expected to write on every cup and complete every order in four minutes or less, he said—with the gnawing fear that agents could burst in at any moment. “It became a fear of not if, but when,” Rivers said: “We’ve seen ghost cars on the highway, just abandoned cars. We’ve seen really scary stuff. In some of the neighborhoods that my co-workers live in, we would hear whistles [used by activists to flag the presence of ICE] throughout the day and night.”

ICE Targets Virginia And The People Respond

February 26, 2026 The Virginia Defender, Popular Resistance. Resist! Community Defense, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Virginia

It looks like ICE, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, has targeted Virginia for a Minnesota-style operation. That makes sense, since with a Democratic governor, a majority-”minority” capital city and a Richmond mayor who is not only a Democrat but also an immigrant, we fit the profile of states Trump has in his sights. It’s not like ICE hasn’t already been here. Arrests and deportations took place under Presidents Obama and Biden. But there’s been a sharp upsurge - more than 6,600 people - arrested by ICE in Virginia since Trump took office again in 2025. That puts us in sixth place for states targeted by ICE.

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