Amna A. Akbar

Amna A. Akbar is a law professor at the University of Minnesota.

From The Blog
10 February 2026

ICE have gone from wearing tactical army gear to Midwestern civilian garb; I have even seen photos of agents in keffiyehs. They have changed their cars and their licence plates: from out-of-state to in-state, to blotted plates or none at all. We have adapted too. South Minneapolis is alive with community defence practices. There are patrols and rapid response networks, people stationed at schools and bus stops, parents taking shifts watching daycare centres, protests and general strikes, grief ceremonies and rides.

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