In Solidarity With ICE’s Victims

Heathens Against Hate stands in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, Marimar Martinez, Alex Pretti, Keith Porter, and everyone else affected by ICE’s violence. We know that at least 34 people died due to ICE last year (seven of them in December alone) and at least seven eight so far in 2026. There were never any concrete updates on the 1,000+ people who disappeared from “Alligator Alcatraz.” As of right now, there are at least 68,000 people in “detention centers” (a concentration camp by any other name…), where there have been consistent reports of overcrowding, filthy water, moldy food with bugs and rocks in it, access denied to medical care and legal assistance, and other human rights violations.

Human rights are human rights regardless of someone’s citizenship status. That said, it’s also very clear that citizenship status doesn’t actually matter, with hundreds of documented instances of American citizens (including indigenous folks) and legal residents being illegally detained, assaulted, moved from one facility to another against judge’s orders, and sometimes fully deported. In Minneapolis, they are detaining people at hospitals, at gas stations, at schools, off the road. They are assaulting students, grabbing people without checking identification, harassing clergy and observers, breaking down doors without warrants, and taking observers left and right. It is abundantly clear that ICE is a white supremacist organization that needs to be abolished.

If you have ever wondered what you would be doing during any other contentious time in history, it’s whatever you’re doing right now. Even if you can’t protest or attend vigils, you can drop off supplies for people who are sheltering in place, help organize response or mutual aid efforts, listen to police scanners for your friends who are on the streets, and advocate for stronger legal protections and actions from your city/county/state.

The names of people who died in ICE custody in 2025:

  • Genry Ruiz Guillén, 29
  • Serawit Gezahegn Dejene, 45
  • Maksym Chernyak, 44
  • Juan Alexis Tineo-Martinez, 44
  • Brayan Garzón-Rayo, 27
  • Nhon Ngoc Nguyen, 55
  • Marie Ange Blaise, 44
  • Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado, 68
  • Jesus Molina-Veya, 45
  • Johnny Noviello, 49
  • Isidro Pérez, 75
  • Tien Xuan Phan, 55
  • Chaofeng Ge, 32
  • Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32
  • Oscar Rascon Duarte, 58
  • Santos Banegas Reyes, 42
  • Ismael Ayala-Uribe, 39
  • Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, 37
  • Miguel Ángel García Medina, 31
  • Huabing Xie, age unknown
  • Leo Cruz-Silva, 34
  • Hasan Ali Moh’D Saleh, 67
  • Josué Castro Rivera, 25
  • Gabriel Garcia Aviles, 54
  • Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, 38
  • Kai Yin Wong, 63
  • Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, 48
  • Pete Sumalo Montejo, 72
  • Shiraz Fatehali Sachwani, 48
  • Jean Wilson Brutus, 41
  • Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, 46
  • Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39
  • Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56
  • UPDATED to add Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, who was killed by ICE in March of 2025, but details weren’t released by the agency and were left to journalists to find and release nearly a year later

So far in 2026:

  • Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55
  • Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres, 42
  • Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz, 68
  • Parady La, 46
  • Víctor Manuel Díaz, 36
  • Heber Sánchez Domínguez, 34
  • Dr. Linda Davis, killed as a result of ICE engaging in a car chase
  • Lorth Sim, 59, as of earlier this week
  • UPDATED to add Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a disabled refugee who Border Patrol dumped at a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, NY. He was found dead five days later.
  • UPDATED to add Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, who worked with US special forces in military operations in Afghanistan before coming to the US as a refugee.
  • UPDATED to add Royer Perez-Jimenez, 19, the youngest detainee death (that we know of) thus far in Trump’s second term.

We hail the fallen and pledge not to forget you, your names, or your stories.

The 2026 list has grown by at least four people since we initially posted it on January 12, a little over a month ago. Many of these deaths are listed as unknown cause or under investigation, and many came after the person in question told family members about having health issues that were being ignored. At least one death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner, after which ICE decided to bypass the county medical examiner for the next death and not release their findings to the public. In at least a few of these cases, there’s evidence that the person was here legally and/or was following the legal asylum/immigration process. (Although, again, people do not deserve to be killed or treated in a way that violates their basic human rights even if they have broken a law.)

Further reading & what to do next

This list of resources compiled by Rabbi Dana is excellent, especially if you’re trying to figure out what you can do, and Stand With Minnesota has a lot of MN-specific resources as well. The Activist Checklist site has also put together a page specifically for digital security when engaging in ICE watch activities. Please do what you can to connect with your local immigrant-led advocacy organizations and mutual aid groups and see how you can help. There are many roles that need to be filled, ranging from logistical organization to phone calls to running errands for people who can’t leave their homes or are doing other on-the-ground work.

It’s easy to fall into spiraling despair, but remember that action is the antidote to despair. We are not helpless. Other people have fought this fight before us, often with significantly less resources and significantly less support from people around them. It is our job to pick up that torch and carry it as long as we can.

More reading:

Aside from the links referenced throughout, these articles have some more background information — or, in the case of the first few, relate directly to heathens taking action against the current injustices.