Stop FBI Harassment of Immigrants Rights Activists in MN!

We in the Committee to Stop FBI Repression condemn the FBI harassment of Mira Altobell-Resendez. On the morning of January 21, 2026, an FBI agent came to their residence and called their phone. This is clearly an attempt to harass an immigrants rights activist who has been organizing against ICE deportations for months now. This visit comes hot on the heels of Trump’s escalated attacks on immigrants in the Twin Cities, the unleashing of ICE agents on Somali immigrants and others, and now the murders by ICE of Renee Good, Julio Sosa-Celis, and now Alex Pretti. Altobell-Rosendez did what every person should do in such a situation: they refused to speak with anyone from the FBI.

The city is an uproar: over 100,000 people marched the morning of January 10 in Powderhorn Park to oppose ICE killings and deportations. People of all ages and walks of life gather on street corners with whistles to alert everyone to any appearance by ICE. Altobell-Resendez has played a central role in leading many of these protests. They have been doxxed on the Internet by right-wingers, who have spun lie after lie about them and contacted their employer. Internet racists are proclaiming that Altobell-Resendez stole guns and papers from cars that federal agents abandoned in the midst of protests on the night of January 10, in North Minneapolis, after they killed a second Minneapolis person, Sosa-Celis. These are all lies. The doxxers fixated especially on Altobell-Resendez’s membership as a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and they want to call for a witch hunt of communists who have been active in the peoples’ movements. Now the FBI has been sent to their doorstep, looking to repeat those lies.

We don’t think there is anything wrong or criminal about protesting ICE. It’s ICE and Trump who have been snatching immigrants from homes, schools, sidewalks, and workplaces, and it’s ICE who have been murdering people with impunity. The FBI wants to intimidate Altobell-Resendez away from speaking out against ICE and from their activism, and to do the same with the movement they represent. This is a flagrant violation of their right to free speech as protected by the First Amendment, and it tramples on their civil liberties. There is nothing wrong with the stances they’ve taken, nor is there anything wrong with having a political view. To punish anyone for those things reminds us of McCarthy-era redbaiting, and we will not stand for it.

We commend Altobell-Resendez for their staunch resistance in the face of FBI harassment and encourage everyone to follow their example: never, ever talk to the FBI. We call for the end of this harassment. We encourage all who follow CSFR to participate in any calls to action that may come from their case or any resultant investigation. There is nothing wrong with protesting, having a political view and a desire for justice, and for expressing it loud and clear. Altobell-Resendez, like Renee Good, is on the right side of history, and we will stand in the way of any attempt to harass, lie about, and in any way repress anyone in the Twin Cities taking a stand against ICE.

Protesting ICE is Not a Crime!
End the FBI Harassment of Mira Altobell-Resendez!

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