Dear advocates, friends, and partners,
As national organizations serving survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide, we are heartbroken by the killing of Renee Nicole Good, an LGBTQ+ Minneapolis resident who was exercising her right to protest activity by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents. We extend our deepest condolences to Ms. Good’s loved ones and to all who are mourning this devastating and unnecessary loss of life.
This death is not an isolated tragedy. It is a predictable and devastating consequence of an immigration enforcement system that relies on militarized tactics, excessive force, and intimidation, treating immigrant communities, and those who stand in solidarity with them, as expendable. Across the country, aggressive ICE operations have increasingly spilled into neighborhoods, workplaces, courthouses and public spaces – as well as residential spaces – escalating risk not only for immigrants but for entire communities.
Ms. Good was a beloved mother whose life mattered deeply to her family, her loved ones, and her community. Her death comes amid a national climate in which both LGBTQ+ communities and immigrant communities across the country are experiencing heightened targeting, surveillance and hostility with compounded fear for their safety, making this loss even more devastating and deeply personal for so many.
These atrocities have profound and direct implications for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other forms of abuse. When communities experience fear, surveillance, and the threat of sudden violence, survivors are less likely to seek help, report harm, or access critical services. Safety cannot exist where people are forced to live in constant fear of arrest, separation, or the impacts of enforcement actions that prioritize force over care.
Violence by the state reverberates far beyond a single moment. It shapes how safe children feel walking into schools, how secure families feel in their homes, and how willing neighbors are to look out for one another. The killing of Renee Nicole Good is a stark reminder that enforcement practices rooted in force and fear undermine, not enhance, public safety.
We honor Renee Nicole Good and stand in solidarity with immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as with survivors, families, and communities who are grieving and calling for a different path forward – a path where no one’s life is treated as expendable.
We remain steadfast in our opposition to immigration enforcement policies and practices that perpetuate harm. We remain committed to preventing the unnecessary loss of life, upholding human dignity, and ensuring that all survivors can access safety, justice and support without fear or punishment.
With care and resolve,
The undersigned national resource centers:
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
National LGBTQ Institute on IPV
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV)
Pouhana O Nā Wāhine (PONW) Native Hawaiian Resource Center
StrongHearts Native Helpline
National Network to End Domestic Violence
Esperanza United
