Immigrant Defense Network

05/07/2026

04/28/2026

What is the Immigrant Defense Network?

We are a power-building network of multiracial, multifaith, and multigenerational organizations and individuals across Minnesota bringing together organizations and leaders to do what no single group can do alone: build coordinated, collective power.

IDN exists to ensure that immigrant communities are protected but also positions to lead:
Organizing at scale
Engaging in the political process
Defending rights through collective action

This is how communities move from rapid response to influence. From being impacted by decisions to shaping them.

Continue to stand up for your neighbors.
Continue to support the IDN.
Together, we will create the change we need.

Visit our website by going to our linktree in our bio to learn more about the IDN 🥹🙏🏾💙

04/16/2026

They said ICE had immunity. They were wrong. The first ICE agent has been charged in connection to Operation Metro Surge.

For months, our communities have been sounding the alarm about:

The fear.
The harm.
The violence people were told to accept.

Today, for the first time, an ICE agent is facing two felony charges for actions during Operation Metro Surge.

This happened because our communities have spoken, documented, and refused to stay silent.

From Julio Sosa-Celis to Renee Good to Alex Pretti—this moment is part of a larger pattern that has been denied, minimized, and hidden.

They withheld evidence.
They controlled the narrative
They expected silence and no consequences.

But accountability is beginning to break through.

So what does this mean?

It means federal agents are not above the law.
It means state and local systems can intervene when rights are violated.
And it means every case of abuse, every withheld record, every unanswered question must now be fully investigated.

This is the opening of accountability:

✊ Release the evidence
✊ Full transparency
✊ Accountability for ALL harm

Human rights cannot depend on who holds power, and democracy cannot function without accountability.

No one is above the law.
Our communities deserve safety, dignity, and truth.

04/16/2026

Alejandro Cabrera Clemente was 49 years old. On April 11, he died while in ICE custody at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.

Alejandro is now the 47th person to die in ICE detention under this administration.

This is not an isolated tragedy; this is what happens when human rights are treated as optional and enforcement is treated as a priority.

We have to name this for what it is: a systemic failure rooted in policy.

His life mattered. His story should not have ended in a detention center. And accountability cannot wait.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

04/04/2026

The recent Supreme Court hearing on Trump v. Barbara represents more than an attack on birthright citizenship, it is an attempt to change what it means to be American.

“We are fighting for the heart and soul of this country. The fight to protect birthright citizenship is about our neighbors, our families, our kids.”—Anthony Romero, ACLU Executive.

03/30/2026

03/29/2026

Our country does not belong to strongmen, greedy billionaires, or those who rule through fear and violence. It belongs to the people.

We, the people, have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.



More photos here - https://www.instagram.com/p/DWcyfUOjGlX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Reel - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWclgtMj3rI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Photos by Brian Few Jr.
Reel by Ayla Jorgensen

03/28/2026

TODAY.

Minnesota is showing up today stands up.

Don’t miss this moment. Join the Immigrant Defense Network starter march for No Kings.

📍 Western Sculpture Park
🕛 12 PM

Bring your friends.
Bring your voice.

We march to the Capitol.