Statement of Support for the Shutdown of ICE Headquarters

Opposition to War & Occupation stands in solidarity with those taking direct action to shut down the Immigration & Customs Enforcement headquarters in Bloomington today. For far too long ICE has been allowed to conduct violent raids of homes and businesses in Minnesota, spontaneously detaining and deporting undocumented workers, and leaving their children without care. For far too long the pursuit of stability across borders has been criminalized and those already at risk in the system are forced to endure protracted imprisonment and state violence. For far too long this use of force against immigrant populations has been justified by racist rhetoric. And for far too long this country has spent needless billions on wars on the other side of the world while at the same time insisting that the violent policing and deportation of immigrant populations is necessary because we lack sufficient means to fund the basic needs of subsistence for those who seek it. We support all people who know that ICE is a racist, violent agency of the state that should not exist, and those who are directly acting to shut it down. No more war, no more raids.