USA: STOP MILITARIZED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

Dear Secretary Mullin,

I am alarmed by the violent, militarized immigration enforcement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Border Patrol, and other federal agents in communities across the USA.

I am appalled to learn that, in a single month (January 2026), following the expansion of ICE and Border Patrol operations in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, federal agents have extrajudicially executed Renee Good, a writer and mother, and Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, who were actively observing ICE and Border Patrol operations. In addition, these federal agents have:

• threatened a pregnant immigration lawyer in her firm’s parking lot;
• targeted and detained refugees;
• detained numerous U.S. citizens
• smashed in the windows of cars and detained their occupants, including a U.S. citizen who was on her way to a medical appointment at a traumatic brain injury center;
• deployed crowd-control grenades and a tear gas container next to a car that contained six children, including a 6-month-old;
• subjected entire communities to racial profiling; and
• detained a 5-year-old and used him as “bait” to detain additional family members.

I demand that you uphold your international human rights obligations and end the militarized enforcement in Minnesota and across the USA; work with local authorities to investigate excessive use of force incidents against residents and protesters, including the use of lethal force, and hold those responsible accountable; and stop mass deportation, detention, and racial profiling in immigration enforcement.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]