"Good's death led to surges in support and interest in rapid response and immigration enforcement legal observer training in the Bay Area. Francisco Herrera, the co-director of the Nuevo Sol Day Labor and Domestic Workers Center in San Francisco - which is co-organizing Tuesday's march - called the killing a "public execution," and a "deliberate attack to intimidate our communities right out of the workbook for dictators in Latin America.""
""What we're seeing is people not willing to go out in the neighborhood because now you just need to be brown and you're going to be picked up," Herrera said. "There's a tremendous drop in the local economy because people are afraid to go to a restaurant or go shopping. So, it's having a ripple effect that is harshly damaging our community.""
"A recent poll of U.S. adults by The Economist and YouGov showed that 47% of respondents said they believed ICE was making Americans less safe, as opposed to 34% who said ICE made Americans safer. In a recent Quinnipiac University National poll, 53% of U.S. voters said they thought the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE officers in Minneapolis earlier this month was not justified, while 35% thought it was justified."
Polls show many Americans view ICE as making the country less safe, with one survey reporting 47% see ICE as making Americans less safe versus 34% who see it as making Americans safer. A Quinnipiac poll found 53% of voters said the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE officers was not justified. Good's death triggered increased interest in rapid response and immigration enforcement legal observer training. Community leaders described the killing as an intimidation tactic that deepens fear. Local organizers report reduced economic activity as residents avoid public spaces. Community programs and marches are mobilizing in response.
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