"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. — You have to do something." — John Lewis
We’re looking for help on Wednesdays at 10am. We’re building a small volunteer rotation to support families impacted by deportation.
The role takes about an hour:
📦 Pack food & supply boxes at HELP (108 S. Montgomery St.)
🚗 Deliver boxes to a volunteer home for family pickup
We’d love to find a few people so no one has to carry the full commitment alone. Please reach out if you can help or share this with someone who might.
Thank you!
Sign up here to get in touch with the volunteer coordinator:
standwithminnesota.com Donate and see list of actions and information from local orgs in Minnesota (vetted , with the exception of individual GoFundMe’s)
From Prof. Galloway
These are the subscription-driven consumer tech companies we have identified as having outsized influence over the national economy and our president.
Awarded $90M to provide ICE with IT and network projects
The company holds an ICE award to provide the agency with broadcast cable at five “regional war rooms”
Provides cable and internet services for ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Field Office in Beaumont, Texas
Company’s government contracting arm was awarded $18 million in April 2025
Mail carrier provides delivery services for ICE through March 2027 in a contract valued at $2.3 million
Using AI powered license plate readers in their parking lots and feeding this data into law enforcement surveillance systems accessible to ICE
ICE uses Marriott chain to detain immigrants
Small package delivery contract with ICE
We’ve been watching our government slide towards fascism for the last year. It’s been consistently concerning, but also not quite concerning enough. It’s registered for many people on the level of “I should keep an eye on that” but below “I should put aside other priorities and focus on this”.
But this moment feels different.
January 21, 2026: The House is expected to vote this week on a standalone appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The bill maintains ICE’s current funding level for fiscal year 2026, while adding some requirements that DHS update Congress about certain proposed expenditures.
