At 5 a.m. most days, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement watch group fires up its Signal chat for another day of tracking arrests and raids in south Minneapolis.
A homemade checkpoint made of blue recycling bins is already in place near Powderhorn Park. Residents check license plates and flag vehicles they don’t recognize or think might carry ICE agents. Those vehicles are the ones that usually blow right past the volunteers waving at them to slow down, said Andrew Fahlstrom, 44, one of the organizers.
At school drop-offs, parents and neighbors arm themselves with whistles, ready to blow if they see immigration authorities. Later, they’ll drop groceries off for neighbors who are afraid to leave their homes and take others to doctor’s appointments…