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Missing from our streets, our congregations, our homes. Each life that ICE took from ours left a memory-shaped hole. With your help, we held the line that protected some neighbors from unlawful abduction, watched the ouster of occupation architects and cabinet officials, saw ICE abandon Occupation Metro Surge, and celebrated justice when the DOJ abandoned its prosecution of false charges against Minnesotans. For all of this and all the moments of connection and joy and bravery that supported us during the occupation, we are deeply grateful.

We are called to find our neighbors who were taken from their homes, communities, and families through the violence of ICE. We don’t know if we can bring them home, but we cannot abandon them.

Thousands of our neighbors are— gone. Mothers. Grandfathers. Teachers. Merchants. Children. Neighbors. According to federal data, the U.S. sent about a third of our Minnesota neighbors detained during Operation Metro Surge to Texas, where the federal government has been building detention warehouses for years. So we went to Texas, too.

We sent delegations of faith and spiritual leaders from Minnesota to Texas to bear witness to the detention centers and build relationships with those who are caring for our neighbors on the other side of this human pipeline. From that foundation of solidarity and connection, we are working to end the systemic conditions that make this form of human misery possible. 

We were clear when we issued the call to Minneapolis that it was not a one-time event. It was an initial act of collective responsibility—rooted in relationship, spiritual grounding, and commitment to communities facing heightened harm and scrutiny in this moment. Now, MARCH remains committed to our neighbors for the long-term— wherever they are. We will weave the cloth of connection and that will catch as many neighbors as we can in this freefall.

Thank you so much for your support. None of us could do this alone.