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Tue, Jan 13, 2026 8:00 PM

BEHIND ICE'S MURDER OF QUEER WOMAN RENEE GOOD: RISING.

Behind ICE's Murder of Queer Woman Renee Good: Rising Immigrant Solidarity

The brazen murder of queer woman Renee Nicole Macklin Good by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis on January 7th was only the latest episode in an intensifying campaign of racist repression and suppression of dissent. Since Trump’s inauguration, there have been 32 reported deaths in ICE custody. The Trace – a newsroom investigating gun violence – has identified 16 incidents in the past year in which immigration agents opened fire -- resulting in 4 deaths and 7 injuries -- and another 15 incidents in which agents held someone at gunpoint since Trump’s immigration crackdown began last June. Nearly all targeted were people of color. With the MAGA/billionaire/Christian right forces intent on ethnic cleansing, migrant punishment and removal from the U.S., the migrant solidarity movement has been surging. 

Renee was the latest example, a courageous poet and mother of three determined to support her siblings of color, especially migrants from Somalia and other Global South countries. Her killing sparked over 1,000 angry "No Kings, No ICE" demonstrations nationwide. This murder was fueled by misogyny and hatred of perceived white "traitors." Meanwhile, corporate media reporting as usual largely equalized the Trump Administration's lies about Renee's "domestic terrorism" and the truth about what she actually did -- despite multiple, clear videos to the contrary. The reader/viewer was left to sort it out. At the same time, many media outlets -- even some progressive ones -- continued the age-old invisibilizing of queer lives, at least in initial reporting. 

In the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, communities of color -- especially Somalis -- have borne the brunt of this rising terrorism. Increasingly, longtime residents are being violently snatched from their homes, kidnapped and incarcerated, and migrants and allies alike are being sprayed with toxic agents and arrested.

On this special Out-FM program, we'll talk about these all these issues and more with three Minneapolis-based guests:

     Mira Altobell-Resendez, a non-binary Minnesotan fighting for legalization for all and an end to deportations with the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee,
    Jess Sundin, a longtime community organizer active in the community response to the current massive, militarized ICE deployment in Minnesota. She is a leader of Freedom Road Socialist Organization; organizer with Twin Cities Coalition for Justice; and a grand jury resister, targeted by the FBI for her international solidarity work. She is also a lesbian mom, who lives just blocks from where Renee Good was killed by ICE agents last week.
    Malika Dahir, a Somali community activist who is Executive Director of Reviving the islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (RISE).

More information on all this -- including how people nationwide can take action -- will be available tonight at outfm.org. And remember to tell friends they can download a video of this one-hour show starting Wednesday evening.

Meanwhile, visit the website of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC).

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