News

The Minnesota 15 in the news and statements put out by the Minnesota 15 Anti-Repression Committee.

In the Fight Against Fascism, Here’s Why Minnesota’s Unions Matter

— Racket

How Federal Agents Surveilled a Worker Assembly in Minneapolis

— Workday Magazine

Operation Metro Surge Wasn’t the End: Lessons from the Minnesota movement for defending democracy

— Dissent Magazine

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Introduces Legislation to Redirect ICE and CBP Funding to States Targeted by Immigration Surges

— Office of Ilhan Omar, Minnesota's 5th Congressional District

Emmett Doyle (Minnesota 15): “Trump necesita fabricar una conspiración para acabar con toda disidencia”

— El Salto Diario

Somali men in ICE custody say a ‘refueling’ stop became weeks at Guantánamo Bay

— Sahan Journal

Activist Blogging Platform Shuts Down After Terrorism Designation

— Unicorn Riot

Trump admin must prove it didn’t violate injunction against Baptist church

— Baptist News Global

Minnesota 15 member speaks out after arrest by DHS agents

— Courier Minnesota

DHS Facial Recognition Software Used Against Minnesota 15

— Unicorn Riot

What Happened in Minneapolis: Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after.

— The New Yorker

The Surveillance of a Teacher: Treasure Thoreson is one of 15 people charged with protesting ICE

— Minnesota Women's Press

ICE Has Detained More Than 610,000 People

— The Marshall Project

ICE violated court orders by going undercover in Minneapolis church and spying on worshippers, judge says

— The Independent

Campanha: Liberdade imediata aos 15 presos pelo ICE de Trump em Minnesota

— Central Sindical e Popular (CSP)-Conlutas

“A Manufactured Conspiracy”: Minnesota’s Labor Movement Denounces Federal Surveillance Operation

— Workday Magazine

Another grand jury fiasco for the Trump administration

— Daily Kos

Minnesota Unions Are a Threat to Trump’s Authoritarianism

— Jacobin

The Lineage of a Minnesota 15 Activist

— Minnesota Women's Press

Undercover DHS surveilled Minnesotans at Ann Arbor ICE resistance event in April

— Michigan Advance

Minnesota Coalition Calls on Corporations to Take a Stand Against Federal Surveillance

— Minnesota Women's Press

“Operation Puppet Master”: Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists & Unions After ICE Killings

— Democracy Now!

Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers Update August 16th, 2026 - Two Months In

— Minnesota 15 Anti-Repression Committee

Federal Spies Hunt Minnesota Unions in Search of Conspiracy, But Find Solidarity

— Labor Notes

DHS Spied on Churches, Libraries, and Union Halls in Minneapolis Protest Crackdown

— Talking Points Memo (TPM)

Response to New York Times Story on Federal Investigations in Minnesota

— Minnesota AFL-CIO

Federal agents surveilled Minnesota unions in hunt for Antifa conspiracy case

— The Minnesota Star Tribune

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes

— The New York Times

US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal

— The Guardian

Study finds 94 cases of crowd-control weapon misuse during Minnesota ICE protests

— Sahan Journal

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

— The Guardian

Anti-ICE protesters charged with impeding feds in Minnesota speak out on Talking Points with Esme Murphy

— WCCO

Lawsuit Challenges Secret Government Policy that Collects, Stores, and Uses Personal Information About People Observing Immigration Enforcement

— Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration’s killing of two US citizens

— CNN

Prairieland was a Test, and Corporate Media Failed

— Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)

Of 59 Documented Criminal ICE and Border Patrol Agents, 85% Committed Sex Offenses, Nearly 2/3 Against Children

— Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Minnesota prosecution tests Trump’s legal crackdown on the left

— Minnesota Star Tribune

Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6

— Talking Points Memo

They drove ICE out of Minnesota, now the US government is prosecuting them: solidarity with the Minnesota 15!

— Milano In Movimento

From the Haymarket 8 to the Michigan 8: How the state uses conspiracy charges to crush social movements

— Common Dreams

Repression & You: Inside the DAM 15 with the Outlaw Podcast and Moira Meltzer-Cohen

— Live Like the World is Dying

Repression and You: Inside the DAMN 15

— Live Like the World Is Dying / Antidote Zine

14 Minnesota anti-ICE protesters plead not guilty to federal charges

— Minnesota Reformer

State Terror in Prairieland, Minneapolis, Michigan, & Elsewhere, Repression Breeds Resistance…But Only If We Try!

— In Contempt

The ‘Minneapolis 15’ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up

— The Philadelphia Inquirer

Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters face federal felony charges in Trump administration frame-up

— World Socialist Web Site

From Cell to Cell, Jailed Minnesota Unionists Sang of Freedom

— Labor Notes

“The Point Is to Spread Fear”: DOJ Charges 15 with Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota

— Democracy Now!

Feds Can’t Leave Minnesota Alone

— Racket

Feds charge 15 Minnesotans with conspiracy for impeding ICE agents during Operation Metro Surge

— Sahan Journal

Minnesota Trade Unionists Among Those Targeted in Federal Indictments of ICE Observers

— Workday Magazine

Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

— It Could Happen Here

Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives

— Truthout

Trump Admin Targets Press and Activists in Minnesota, Indicts ‘The Righteous 39’

— Unicorn Riot

Righteous 39: 30 more people indicted over anti-ICE protest at Cities Church

— BLCK Press