Since its creation in 2003, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has torn families apart, locked innocent people in cages, and generally terrorized migrant communities. Under President Trump, the agency has seen a $30 billion increase in funding and a radical expansion of its power.

We have seen roving bands of masked men kidnapping our neighbors, children taken from their beds in the dead of night, and on Jan. 3 of this year, a Cuban man was strangled to death in ICE custody. The murder of Renee Good is simply the latest in a series of atrocities committed by the Trump administration in the name of white supremacy and the MAGA agenda.

Since President Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Homeland Security has fully embraced the rhetoric of the neo-Nazi right. The department has referenced the Moon Man, a McDonald’s mascot named Mac Tonight popular among neo-Nazi groups; posted an ICE recruitment video featuring the neo-Nazi anthem “We’ll Have Our Home Again”; and compared immigrants to the Flood, the parasitic alien fungus from the video game series “Halo”.

ICE’s tactics have escalated alongside its rhetoric, with ICE killing 32 people in 2025, making it the deadliest year for the organization since 2004. In this context, the idea that “we must not allow political parties to leverage Renee Good’s death” is ridiculous.

The murder of Renee Good should be a wake-up call. Frankly, it doesn’t matter if her actions interfered with an ICE operation, and it doesn’t matter if they were illegal — which they weren’t.

The state has been seized by President Donald Trump’s fascist regime. They control the courts, the police and Congress. The government is not on the side of justice; it never has been. There is only one conclusion: No one is coming to save us, and you can’t beat a fascist with thoughts and prayers. It’s time to fight.