Here’s Who’s Behind Minneapolis ICE Resistance Movement: Report

Armstrong called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s decision not to run for re-election this week a “retreat” because of a large welfare fraud case in the state.

“When Democrats respond to bad-faith attacks by retreating, they don’t just lose candidates,” Armstrong said in a Facebook post.

“They legitimize the tactic. They teach voters that propaganda works, that cruelty carries no cost, and that marginalized communities can be used as political weapons without consequence. Whatever the intentions, the cumulative effect is strategic capitulation.”

Edwin Torres DeSantiago is another leader of the protests. He is in charge of the Immigrant Defense Network, which calls itself an umbrella group for more than 90 nonprofits and religious groups that work to protect immigrants’ rights.