SAN JOSE — Community advocates and rapid responders on Thursday denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota, standing with the woman’s community “not only in grief, but in outreach and also in vigilance.”
At a press conference hosted by the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, speakers decried the precedent set by the violence in Minnesota and called on state and local governments to allocate further resources for the support of immigrant communities. They also encouraged local community members to join the RRN, a county-wide group of 10 nonprofit organizations and thousands of trained volunteers who monitor ICE operations in the region and provide legal support to those detained.
Mimi Nguyen, a member of the network, said that the violence in Minneapolis is “horrific and escalating,” condemning the Department of Homeland Security for deploying thousands of untrained ICE agents in Minneapolis to “terrorize the Somali community,” which she said “resulted in the murder of Renee Good.” The use of force was “not an accident” but rather a “deliberate escalation,” she said.
“The federal occupation of a state under the guise of immigration enforcement is not public safety. It is state violence,” Nguyen said. “What we’re witnessing in Minnesota should outrage every person in this country, regardless of your political affiliation, geography or immigration status. Masked, armed federal agents flooding neighborhoods, operating with impunity, violently suppressing community presence and silencing witnesses is unacceptable. It is deplorable. It is an assault on human dignity, community safety and basic democratic principles.”
Nguyen added that the shooting sends a “chilling message that the federal government is willing to treat entire communities as enemy territory.”
“The same agencies, the same tactics and the same lack of accountability are spreading nationwide,” she said. “Our rapid response networks exist because our communities refuse to be isolated, disappeared or terrorized in silence. We exist because collective community care and response is an essential tool of protection when government power is abused.”
Yesenia Campos, a San Jose resident and RRN member who was detained by ICE in October while observing them taking people into custody, said that Good was “lawfully observing and protecting her community.” Campos said she knows “what it feels like to have your rights disregarded.”
“These agencies have a long and documented history of terrorizing communities, and today, that terror took Renee’s life,” Campos said. “Anyone who is involved in these agencies who carries out or defends this violence has abandoned all moral responsibility. … There is nothing righteous, lawful or godly about killing a woman and then hiding behind policy.”
Campos said that the violence “is not distant” but also happening in California and in San Jose.
“As legal observers and rapid responders, we are often the first to witness this violence, to document it and to stand between our communities and unchecked forces,” Campos said. “We are tired of seeing the same pattern repeat: a killing, a press conference, an investigation that goes nowhere and families left to grieve without justice.”
Stephanie Jayne, another RRN member, said that the local community has already seen “the consequences of ICE’s violence and reckless enforcement tactics,” from cases in which community members were hospitalized to those in which car windows were broken and medical needs were disregarded.
“This violence has happened here in our county, in our cities, in front of families, children, neighbors and witnesses,” Jayne said. “While we mourn the murder of Renee Good, we also mourn the 32 people who have died in ICE custody in 2025.”
“While deadly force has not yet been used here in Santa Clara County, the warning signs are unmistakable,” she added.
The rapid-response network reiterated its commitment to continuing its work protecting the community and encouraged community members to volunteer.
“The Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County is here to protect, empower and serve,” said Mariana Haro, a member. “We are unafraid. The tactics of terror, intimidation and violence we are seeing will not deter our work or weaken our commitment to protecting the rights of all Santa Clara County residents.”
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Jeremy Barousse, a RRN member, called on local government bodies to invest in immigrant protection in order to counter the “massive machine” the Trump administration set up for deportations, from building new detention centers to running an aggressive recruitment campaign for ICE agents. Rebeca Armendariz, with Working Partnerships and the RRN, praised California’s role as a leader in passing legislation supporting immigrant communities, but added that the state is “not immune” to seeing ICE activity in local neighborhoods. She said that the state must continue to expand its protections and allocate an additional $50 million for immigration legal services.
“This moment demands more than silence,” Nguyen said. “It demands public outrage, it demands accountability, and it demands a community across the country to say clearly and loudly and collectively, ‘This violence is not accepted, tolerated and will not be ignored.’ In this moment in history in the United States, we cannot sit idly and ignore the terror that is sweeping our country. We must come together and take action.”
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