Inside the Somali-Led Resistance to Trump’s Assault on Minneapolis
Somalis are fighting back, from homemade sambusas for protesters to foot patrols on the lookout for ICE.
The War on Immigrants
The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines — exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recruitment post after Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good.
“They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out on Why Border Patrol Accosted Him
Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent.
Border Patrol Agents Shot Two People in Portland During Immigration Stop
The shooting came just one day after an ICE agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Renee Nicole Good.
Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE
Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.
Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
David Hoch, identified only by first name in Nick Shirley’s video, got info for his anti-Somali campaign from a GOP state House staffer.
ICE Drives Unmarked Cars. This Public Database Tracks Their License Plates.
“ICE is doing whatever they can to be undetected, and so anything we can do to chip away at that.”
American Labor Needed Unity. Then Came Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.
Trump has aimed to turn American workers against their immigrant colleagues. Labor leaders say it backfired.
Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History
Before alleging fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley built a following with anti-immigrant clips.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.