Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12
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Aurin Chowdhury MPLS City Council Member W12
@aurinmpls.bsky.social
Personal account.

Minneapolis City Council Member - 12th Ward. Hyper-local chatterbox, Pro-labor, Fmr Policy Aide, First-generation Bengali-American.
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MPR NEWS: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

DHS filed the motion Wednesday to expedite deportation proceedings in the family's case. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
We have one and the clerks have named her “Moo-Ella” our Super Cow Mascot 🐮
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Just got the most heartwarming speech from @aurinmpls.bsky.social stumping for Senator Mohamed and God, we're so lucky to have these 2 amazing people representing us.
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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Precinct caucuses are happening tonight at 7 PM! You should go!

Learn More and find your Caucus location: www.moreneighbors.org/news-stories...
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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This is what they consider “de-escalating."

They don’t know the resiliency of Ward 9 neighbors though. We aren’t stopping until the whole dam system is abolished.
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The rent is due and our immigrant neighbors are unable to make it due to this ICE occupation. Please help by contributing to a mutual aid fund. I’m supporting the greater Longfellow relief fund today: tr.ee/6iwI_i-B92
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Please Donate. Greater Longfellow Neighbors are coming together to raise funds for Neighbors throughout the region who are impacted by ICE activities. It’s Feb. 2nd the rent is due and the need is high.

www.gofundme.com/f/Greater-Lo...
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Please Donate. Greater Longfellow Neighbors are coming together to raise funds for Neighbors throughout the region who are impacted by ICE activities. It’s Feb. 2nd the rent is due and the need is high.

www.gofundme.com/f/Greater-Lo...
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We need an eviction moritorium now. Today the judge in the lawsuit against DHS did not issue a preliminary injunction to halt Operation Metro Surge. While we are not done with litigation, this is deeply troubling for our community that will continue to suffer.
January 31, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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For Liam.
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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Boy the "City of Minneapolis" account sure loves to tell us where the mayor is but never seems to share where the city council members are while they're actually in the streets "standing up for our immigrant and refugee neighbors and friends"
In a powerful speech at the @usmayors.org Conference of Mayors this week, Mayor Frey told the nation that you, our community, are standing up for our immigrant and refugee neighbors and friends.
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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If anyone has contact information of the family who’s father was kidnapped by ICE at the McDonald’s in Bloomington (Southtown Center) please let me know. His son went into the Whipple building to make sure his dad got his heart medication. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
So damn embarrassing and gross.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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Hey y’all! The French Hen in St. Paul is hoping to support 5 employees who have been impacted by the federal government. These funds will help their employees with rent and bills during these hard times.

Venmo: @ HENSOLIDARITYFUND
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The Phillips Neighborhood on the Southside has faced a high concentration of indiscriminate attacks from ICE agents. The families here really need rent support for the first of the month— they’re stuck inside which means they’ve lost income. Join me in supporting 65+ families:
The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting).

gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If they wanted this to end they could leverage their capital to do so. They don’t actually want the ICE operations that are widely unsupported to stop. They’ll still let ICE stage in their lots, let Bovino terrorize customers, and let their employees get attacked by ICE on the job.
INBOX: 60+ CEOs of Minnesota-based company call for "an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."

No mention of ICE in the letter.
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.

Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.

And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Alex Pretti should be alive. We mourn him. He spent his life giving to people whether as an ICU nurse for our veterans or for the woman who fell while ICE agents descended on her and him. Don’t let believe the propaganda from the federal government.

Read the Statement from Alex Pretti’s parents.
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Today, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident, 37 year old, lawful gun owner was shot and killed by ICE agents at 26th & Nicollet, in front of a donut shop. Several agents pummeled him on the ground as he was observing and then shot him.
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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We live in a cold place, but we have warm hearts. ❤️‍🔥
-11 degrees at MSP & we are protesting the ICE Occupation in Minnesota during a day of General Strike & Truth and Freedom. We are demanding ICE leave, Accountability for the officer who murdered Renee Good, businesses no longer working with ICE, and no more funding to ICE. Stay safe, Stay warm!
January 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
-11 degrees at MSP & we are protesting the ICE Occupation in Minnesota during a day of General Strike & Truth and Freedom. We are demanding ICE leave, Accountability for the officer who murdered Renee Good, businesses no longer working with ICE, and no more funding to ICE. Stay safe, Stay warm!
January 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM