Press Release

PRH responds to ICE violence in Minneapolis

January 8, 2026

OUR STATEMENT

Yesterday, an ICE officer in Minneapolis murdered legal observer Renee Nicole Good while in the car with her wife.

Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health responds:

“As a Washington DC resident who has been watching the strategic and calculated, state-sanctioned violence of ICE and the national guard every day for the last several months, I am absolutely horrified about the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Yesterday’s violence marks the 33rd life taken by ICE since the start of 2025 under the Trump Administration’s direction. Importantly, the majority of those killed were Black and Brown people.

“I will say this plainly: the police, ICE, the National Guard, the carceral state make our communities less safe, not more. The connections between the violence we witnessed yesterday and the ongoing violence that Black and Brown communities have endured at the hands of the State for far too long cannot be understated. Our communities, our neighbors, our family members deserve to live in safe communities. It is our duty, our responsibility to care for each other and no one deserves to be criminalized, detained or deported, or killed for doing so.

“As a physician, I’d be remiss to not mention an important detail in yesterday’s violence. Video footage has shown that there was a physician on scene who was asking repeatedly to respond and provide care to Renee. ICE officers verbally, and then forcibly with guns, blocked this physician from going to her aide. As health care providers, we took an oath to care for people in need. The behavior of ICE agents on the scene was both deplorable and far too common. Many communities have been repeatedly denied care by agents of the State under the guise of safety or law and order.

“My heart is with Minneapolis, with the protestors gathering and mobilizing nationwide, and the families of all those who have been victims of state-sanctioned violence. May we create, support and sustain safer communities. Our very lives depend on it.”