Hand in Hand stands with Minnesota and cities across the country experiencing the increased violence and enforcement of federal deployments of ICE. We condemn the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Keith Porter, the violence that led to the death of Jaime Alanis, and so many others over the last year, including those who have died in detention from abysmal conditions and lack of medical care. We also condemn the fear inflicted upon our immigrant communities by these deployments and ICE raids. This level of militarization against immigrant communities, and against those showing up to defend them, is unconscionable. It terrorizes families, destabilizes neighborhoods, and is causing an increase in violence at the hands of ICE.
As an organization committed to fighting for the rights of domestic workers–a third of whom are immigrants who provide essential care and support in our homes and communities–we continue to reject the federal government’s deportation agenda. We remain committed to making domestic worker rights real, educating employers on how they can support and protect their immigrant communities starting in their homes, and continuing to show up at rallies and marches. Check out and share our Sanctuary Homes guides to learn how you can show up in this moment, and consider attending one of our upcoming Sanctuary Home trainings or outreach events.
Hand in Hand members doing park outreach in support of immigrant domestic workers.
Additionally, Congress is currently negotiating its FY2026 budget, with a proposed increase in funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We encourage you to call your representatives and tell them to stop ICE’s deadly detentions, violence, and mass arrests by voting NO on an increase in funding for ICE, Border Patrol, including detention, and to instead invest in our communities.
Call the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121 and ask for your representative.
In this moment of collective grief, fear and uncertainty, let us center solidarity and care in our interdependent movements. As shared by writer and organizer Kelly Hayes at a vigil for Renee Nicole Good last week, “let’s stay brave, stay committed, and stay together. We will remember the fallen, fight like hell for the living, and when this terrible moment is over, we will still have each other, our potential, and the hope of building a better world.”
