Two of the activists from the Minnesota 15 spoke to UR about the politically motivated federal conspiracy charges they're facing.
Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent Comes for Minnesota Anti-ICE Organizers
Federal prosecutors charged 15 people with conspiracy, painting their political speech, protest activity, and alleged antifa ties as evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
New Federal Indictment on Minnesota 15 Peddles DOJ 'Antifa' Conspiracy Angle After Raids - UNICORN RIOT
A new federal indictment has charged 15 Minnesotans in an eight-count felony conspiracy for their activism during Operation Metro Surge.
The Trump administration is charging these Minneapolis protesters with conspiracy. Organizers won’t back down
‘Minnesota 15’ indicted after opposing ICE crackdown – just the latest attempt by Trump DoJ to criminalize resistance
Government Says Terabytes of Signal Chats are Central to the Case Against Minnesota 15 - UNICORN RIOT
The Minnesota 15 case is about conversations, thousands of pages of it, harvested from encrypted group chats on Signal and loaded into an Everlaw database for prosecutors to build conspiracy charges against Trump's political opponents.
The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here
First came Prairieland. Now an indictment treats mutual aid and road-blocking as a criminal conspiracy
Right-leaning groups say MN 15 prosecution violates free speech of anti-ICE activists
Free speech and conservative legal groups are urging a federal judge to order prosecutors to release documents in the Minnesota activists conspiracy case that defendants say could reveal political targeting and First Amendment violations tied to a Trump administration directive.
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
The Prairieland 19 Case Is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent
Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.
The movement to defend the Minneapolis 15
In a case with sweeping implications, supporters are fighting hard to defend the Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.
Then They Came for the Anarchists: Prairieland Defendants Sentenced to 562 Years - UNICORN RIOT
According to federal prosecutors, the defendants were the members of a murderous “North Texas Antifa Cell.” The Prairieland defendants received over 562 years in federal prison -- the longest sentence a U.S. court has ever given to a group of political anarchist defendants.
Collection: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States
This collection examines the law, facts, and calls for accountability after ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota turn deadly.
How Anti-ICE Protesters Became Prisoners in Trump’s War on Antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
US Department of Homeland Security has reportedly demanded personal information about ICE's critics from Discord, Reddit, Google, and Meta—and at least 3 of those platforms have complied
DHS has issued hundreds of subpoenas to major online platforms to obtain the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of accountholders who criticize ICE.
