Editor’s note: This piece was submitted before ICE agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. That event makes Kline’s remarks all the more compelling.
Over 200 people stood on and near the steps of the Brookings Post Office this past Friday evening. They stood for half an hour, in silence with candles, in memory of Renee Nicole Good, killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Her death is a reminder that ICE agents are authorized to carry weapons, and they will use them. They are given that authority by the federal government, even when local communities and mayors like Jacob Frey in Minneapolis and governors like Tim Walz in Minnesota ask for them to leave. ICE continues to be present in large numbers in Minnesota and the Twin Cities, adding to their numbers during the time of the killing…