Dozens of protesters gathered outside Milwaukee’s ICE field office in response to a deadly shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, demanding accountability for what they called the “murder” of an immigrant rights activist.
The demonstration on Knapp Street was organized by Voces de la Frontera, a local immigrant rights organization, as outrage spread beyond Minneapolis following the shooting of a woman during an immigration enforcement operation.
“The murder of this immigrant rights activist has sent shock waves in Wisconsin and across the country, and we felt the urgency to turn out and protest, because we cannot be silent while ICE agents who are running these militarized operations murder with impunity, people who are asserting their constitutional rights to peacefully protest,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera.
The Milwaukee protest began at 5 p.m. with several dozen people gathering outside the downtown ICE field office. Demonstrators carried signs reading “sanctuary cities now” and expressed concerns about potential ICE operations in Milwaukee and other Wisconsin cities…