Radical ICE watch groups in Minnesota are recruiting “white folks” to break black arrestees out of cop cars as violence against federal immigration agents continues to surge. One of the groups, “ICE out of Twin Ports,” posted a guide on Instagram Tuesday on “de-arresting” and “preventing cops from making an arrest by swarming and physically thwarting them” that advocates for direct confrontation with law enforcement. The anti-ICE group asked white protesters to gather in groups of “comrades” to break black detainees out of zip tie handcuffs, out of cop cars, and to hit officers trying to hold them. “White folks need to put their bodies in the way and first do everything they can to make sure black folks are not subject to police violence,” the group wrote in its Instagram post. “Keep up the struggle y’all – Minnesotans been melting ICE with triple the amount of kidnappers that Chicago had in 1/3 of the area and they are still threatening more – we must keep showing up for our neighbors, it’s working – know your rights – stay alert & warm – mask up,” the post read. Anti-ICE groups have organized throughout the city to expose ICE’s whereabouts and impede arrests. Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month, was reportedly part of one such group. On a recent ride-along with ICE in Minneapolis, The Daily Wire observed dozens of ICE watch protesters tracking federal agents’ every move and showing up to alert illegal immigrants in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities. Assaults on ICE officers have surged more than 1,000% since President Donald Trump returned to office, and death threats have increased by a whopping 8,000%. If individuals attempt to impede arrests, ICE has the authority to arrest the protesters, Samuel Olsen, the director of the agency’s St. Paul office, told The Daily Wire. Radical ICE Watch groups in Minnesota are now openly instructing “white folks” to break detainees out of cop cars pic.twitter.com/z5QZvQZKVq — Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) January 21, 2026 Before, “it was very rare … now, we’re making arrests of agitators daily,” Olsen said. “When we have to arrest a U.S. citizen, it really takes us away from our other mission.” “ICE out of Twin Ports” advertised plans to hold protests in Duluth, Minnesota, on Thursday and Friday as they call out both the local police department and ICE for working together to carry out “state terror.” Friday’s protest is expected to be a “sit-in” at the Duluth City Hall. The police chief in Duluth, Mike Ceynowa, however, maintains that the department doesn’t collaborate with ICE on immigration-related enforcement, but may respond to a scene involving such an arrest to keep things at bay. Ceynowa also said that local officers regularly work with Homeland Security Investigations agents on drug and child sex crimes cases. “We have a policy regarding immigration enforcement… We do not do immigration enforcement. It is not something that we are a part of. It also says though, that should the need arise, we may be called upon to peacekeep or de-escalate a situation regarding immigration. We are not going to ask somebody for their papers,” Ceynowa recently told WDIO News.