Frances Madeson wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Frances is a Santa Fe-based freelance journalist and the author of the comic novel Cooperative Village.
We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.
Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.