Indivisible Twin Cities Statement on Tom Homan Press Conference

Feb. 12, 2026

The people of Minnesota have won.

We say that plainly and without apology. We stood up to an authoritarian federal campaign that sought to intimidate our communities, fracture our solidarity, and break our will. We did not yield. We did not fracture. We did not abandon one another. The administration that attempted to impose fear on Minnesota has been forced to retreat because Minnesotans refused to surrender their neighbors or their principles.

This victory belongs to the people.

It belongs to immigrant families who endured intimidation and still showed up to work, school, and worship. It belongs to community members who documented abuses and demanded transparency. It belongs to clergy who opened their doors. It belongs to volunteers who staffed hotlines and legal clinics. It belongs to ordinary Minnesotans who decided that fear would not dictate their actions.

We prevailed because we remained peaceful.

At every stage, we chose discipline over chaos. We chose lawful protest over violence. We chose solidarity over retaliation. All the while, our federal government carried out actions that devastated immigrant communities, disproportionately targeted communities of color, and destabilized neighborhoods across our state. Families were torn apart. Individuals were detained without meaningful transparency. Constitutional protections were treated as optional rather than binding.

Minnesota answered that overreach with non-violent resistance.

We organized carefully. We trained volunteers. We built networks of support. We showed up in public and we showed up for one another. We did not riot. We did not lash out. We did not descend into lawlessness. We upheld the very constitutional principles that were being denied to our neighbors.

That discipline is why we can say today that the people of Minnesota have won.

But we are not naïve.

We will not drop our guard. This administration has demonstrated repeatedly that it is comfortable distorting facts and reversing course when convenient. Vigilance is not hysteria. It is responsible citizenship. We will continue to monitor, to document, and to organize. We will continue to ensure that those most vulnerable in our state know they are not alone.

We also refuse to sanitize what happened here.

There were casualties. There were deaths. There are families in Minnesota who will never again be whole. There are children who watched armed federal agents take their parents away. There are communities that carry fresh trauma. We mourn those losses. We name that devastation honestly. We do not minimize it for the sake of a cleaner narrative.

The damage inflicted during this period will be measured in generations, not in months or years. Trauma echoes. Distrust lingers. Economic instability reverberates. When constitutional rights are denied, the effects do not disappear when the news cycle moves on. They shape childhoods. They shape communities. They shape civic life.

Rebuilding will require sustained effort. It will require investment in legal defense, in trauma-informed services, and in civic education. It will require local institutions to recommit themselves to equal protection under the law. It will require steady leadership rather than symbolic gestures.

We believe that when this administration ultimately comes to an end—and it will—there must be accountability grounded in law.

Those who directed unlawful actions, those who authorized the denial of constitutional rights, and those who carried out orders that violated fundamental protections should be investigated. Where the evidence supports it, they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted under the law. That is not vengeance. It is the rule of law.

Unlike the regime we confronted, we do not believe that anyone is above the law. Not a president. Not a cabinet secretary. Not a federal agent. Power does not excuse constitutional violations. If civil liberties were trampled, lawful consequences must follow. That is how democracies repair themselves. That is how the public’s trust is restored.

Our commitment to accountability is inseparable from our commitment to non-violence. We will pursue justice through courts, through oversight, and through democratic mechanisms. We will insist that records be preserved and examined. We will insist that history reflect what truly occurred in Minnesota. We will not abandon the law in order to defend it.

Minnesota demonstrated that disciplined, peaceful resistance can withstand aggressive federal intimidation. That example matters. It shows that communities do not have to become what they oppose in order to defeat it.

We also know that our strength came from solidarity. Black, brown, white, immigrant, citizen, rural, suburban, urban—when one community was targeted, others showed up. Attempts to divide us failed because we refused to accept the premise that any group among us was expendable.

That unity remains our greatest defense.

We do not claim that the struggle is over. Authoritarian impulses do not simply disappear. They retreat, regroup, and test new boundaries. We will remain prepared. We will remain organized. We will remain peaceful. And we will continue to speak plainly when power abuses itself.

At the same time, we commit ourselves to rebuilding. Rebuilding means strengthening local networks of care. It means expanding access to legal resources. It means restoring trust where it has been damaged. It means teaching the next generation what it looks like when ordinary people defend democratic norms without resorting to violence.

We mourn what was lost. We honor those who suffered. We stand with the families who are still grieving. And we recognize that our celebration must be tempered by compassion.

The people of Minnesota did not break under pressure. We did not abandon our values when they were tested. We upheld the Constitution even when those in power treated it as optional. We defended our neighbors without becoming the mirror image of those who sought to harm them.

We stood together. We stayed peaceful. We refused to yield.

And we will continue the daily work of caring for our neighbors, defending our democracy, and ensuring that what happened here is neither forgotten nor repeated.