APWU Statement on the Death of Renee Good, ICE Activity

This week’s killing of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis was tragic. It has also laid bare the terror that ICE raids are inflicting upon workers and our communities across the country.

In Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis, and beyond, working class communities are being traumatized not by their hard-working immigrant neighbors but by the dangerous and disruptive overreach of federal agents.

As federal civil servants, our members are proud of the work we do connecting families, businesses, and communities across the country. The Postal Service is an example of the public good that government can provide. The chaos we have seen from ICE in the past months is just the opposite.

The APWU has received reports that ICE has used at least one postal facility as a staging area for its raids in Minnesota. This isn’t just wrong; it places the health and safety of postal workers and our customers at risk, and I will be addressing it with postal management.

Our union has long stood for social justice. Instead of terrorizing our neighborhoods, our government should be investing in good jobs, affordable healthcare, and truly safe and strong communities. We demand an end to these dangerous and disruptive ICE raids, and a new politics that works for working people.