Two ICE Shootings in Two Cities, One Day Apart

This week, federal immigration enforcement turned deadly in two separate cities within about 24 hours. In Minneapolis, an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three. The very next day, another federal immigration-related shooting in Portland left two people wounded.

That timing matters, because it points to something bigger than any single encounter: a federal agency carrying out civil immigration enforcement with weapons and tactics that escalate fast, followed by a familiar scramble to control the narrative.

A simple public safety demand: disarm ICE for routine enforcement

Immigration enforcement is primarily civil law. It is not a battlefield, and most ICE operations are not hostage rescues or active shooter situations. They are routine encounters: traffic stops, home visits, administrative arrests.

When firearms are treated as standard equipment for routine civil enforcement, the risk of escalation skyrockets. If we want fewer tragedies, we have to talk about the tool that makes tragedies more likely.

So here is a concrete, policy-specific demand people can rally around:

Disarm ICE for routine civil enforcement operations.

This does not mean “abolish all enforcement.” It means:

• Remove firearms from standard ICE encounters (traffic stops, home visits, administrative arrests)
• Limit armed response to rare, clearly defined situations handled by specialized units
• Require public reporting and independent review of every ICE use-of-force incident

What you can do right now

If you want to turn outrage into action, focus on the people who can actually change policy:

• Your US Senators (they vote on DHS funding and oversight)
• Your US Representative (same)
• Your Governor and State Attorney General (they can demand transparency and set limits on state/local cooperation with armed federal operations)
• Your city / county leadership (they can pass resolutions, require transparency, and publicly pressure federal officials)

Copy/paste message

Immigration enforcement is civil law. Civil law does not require routine lethal weapons. I want ICE disarmed for standard enforcement operations, with armed response limited to rare, clearly defined circumstances and strong independent oversight.

Find your officials

• Find your US Representative
• Contact your US Senators

This is a winnable demand because it’s specific, it’s practical, and it addresses the root issue: routine civil enforcement should use civil tools.

If we don’t name the policy choices that keep escalating these encounters, nothing changes.

We keep us safe.