"In behind-the-scenes conversations reviewed by City Journal, anti-ICE activists admitted their goal is to make immigration enforcement "too expensive," "too difficult," and "too annoying.' "
""An in-depth investigation by City Journal is raising serious questions about whether a Minneapolis-based anti-ICE network is pushing civilians into dangerous confrontations with federal immigration agents after the shooting deaths of two activists in less than a month.
"City Journal reports that both Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs ICU nurse killed Jan. 24, and Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother killed Jan. 7, were participants in “ICE watching,” an activist tactic that includes tracking and filming federal agents, and alerting others to enforcement actions.
Defend the 612
"According to City Journal, one group sits at the center of Minneapolis’ anti-ICE movement: Defend the 612.
"The organization oversees a large network of Signal chats that monitor immigration enforcement, coordinate protests, and mobilize rapid-response actions across Minneapolis neighborhoods, City Journal reported.
"City Journal said it examined Defend the 612’s trainings, accessed its Signal channels, and traced its organizational support.
"The outlet reported that its investigation found that members and “related officials have encouraged protesters to impede law enforcement; pushed civilians toward legally and physically risky confrontations; and helped mobilize a counterprotest that turned violent.”
"Some of Defend the 612’s trainings were led by outside activist organizations, including States at the Core and Protect RP.
"Protect RP has been explicit about its goals. A Protect RP organizer previously described the group’s activities as “interfering with [immigration enforcement], confusing them, slowing them down so they can’t take more people, and doing it so well that they never want to come back,” according to City Journal." . . . More...
Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network . . . "Defend the 612 lists ICE-watch trainings on its website, sometimes many per week. These trainings instruct attendees how to identify, document, and alert others to immigration enforcement, and to relay information through neighborhood-based Signal networks.
"Some sessions are led by Defend the 612 organizers, while others are taught by outside groups such as States at the Core (STAC) and Project RP. None of these groups responded to City Journal’s request for comment." . . .
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