{"id":63822,"date":"2026-01-08T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=63822"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:45:44","slug":"ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON \u2013 <\/strong>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\"><strong>United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/strong><\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, released the following statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other American cities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UFCW International President Milton Jones<\/strong> said:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYesterday\u2019s killing of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of ICE marked a dark day for our country and left the Twin Cities community traumatized. Happening blocks away from multiple UFCW-represented grocery stores, Renee was a neighbor of UFCW members and should be alive today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom Los Angeles to Chicago to Charlotte, the actions of ICE have struck fear into essential workers across this country. These are people who are simply trying to provide for their families and support their communities, but now must worry about violence reaching their stores or being detained on the way to their shift.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCommunities and local economies cannot thrive unless people feel safe. ICE must end the chaos, withdraw from Minneapolis and other cities and states, and allow people to live and work free from fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The UFCW International is the largest private sector union in the United States, representing 1.2 million workers and their families in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, healthcare, cannabis, retail, and other essential industries. UFCW members serve our communities in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Learn more about the UFCW at<\/em><em>\u202f<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\"><em>ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, released the following statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other American cities. UFCW International President Milton Jones said:&nbsp; \u201cYesterday\u2019s killing of Renee Nicole Good at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[449,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63822","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T18:45:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/press-releases\\\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/press-releases\\\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\\\/\",\"name\":\"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T18:45:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-08T18:45:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/press-releases\\\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/press-releases\\\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/press-releases\\\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union\",\"description\":\"Official website of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"United Food and Commercial Workers International Union\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/61\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/UFCW-Americas-Food-and-Retail-Union-2-color.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/61\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/UFCW-Americas-Food-and-Retail-Union-2-color.png\",\"width\":415,\"height\":198,\"caption\":\"United Food and Commercial Workers International Union\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ufcw.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union","description":"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union","og_description":"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/","og_site_name":"The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union","article_modified_time":"2026-01-08T18:45:44+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/","name":"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-08T18:45:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-08T18:45:44+00:00","description":"The UFCW released a statement regarding the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis and other cities.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-condemns-ice-operations-in-minneapolis-and-major-american-cities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UFCW Condemns ICE Operations in Minneapolis and Major American Cities"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/","name":"The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union","description":"Official website of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#organization","name":"United Food and Commercial Workers International Union","url":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2021\/02\/UFCW-Americas-Food-and-Retail-Union-2-color.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2021\/02\/UFCW-Americas-Food-and-Retail-Union-2-color.png","width":415,"height":198,"caption":"United Food and Commercial Workers International Union"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/63822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/63822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63823,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/63822\/revisions\/63823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}