When People Don’t Speak Up, History Repeats Itself
Six million Jews were murdered because the German people failed to stop Adolf Hitler early.
That lesson matters now.
By the numbers alone, the scale of detention under Donald Trump escalated faster in its first year than it did under Hitler’s regime.
- Hitler’s first year: ~26,000 Jews placed in camps
- Trump’s first year: ~73,000 people placed in detention centers
History does not begin with gas chambers.
It begins with detention, dehumanization, and silence.
Fatal Federal Immigration Shootings — Minnesota (2026)
In January 2026, during Operation Metro Surge, a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. These shootings sparked mass protests, renewed calls to abolish ICE, and demands for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Renée Nicole Good
January 7, 2026
- 37-year-old mother of three and award-winning poet
- shot by ICE officer Jonathan Ross while sitting in her car near her home after dropping off her child
- Officials claimed she attempted to “weaponize her vehicle”
- Independent video analysis showed her turning away as the officer fired
Video coverage:
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
January 24, 2026
- 37-year-old ICU nurse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Lawful gun owner with a valid carry permit
- Filming an immigration raid when CBP agents tackled him
- DHS claimed he was armed and resisted
- Video analysis showed an agent removing the gun before another agent shot him multiple times while he was pinned to the ground
Fatal Shootings — Outside Minnesota
Keith Porter Jr.
December 31, 2025 — Los Angeles
- 43-year-old Black father of two
- Shot by an off-duty ICE agent outside his apartment complex
- Agent claimed Porter fired first
- Family states Porter was firing celebratory New Year’s Eve shots and posed no threat
Video:
Keith Porter: Family of man shot by off-duty ICE cop speaks out | FOX 11 LA
Non-Fatal ICE & CBP Shootings
Marimar Martinez
October 4, 2025 — Chicago
- U.S. citizen shot five times by an ICE agent
- Agents claimed she rammed officers and was armed
- All charges were later dismissed
Coverage & interviews:
- FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul – YouTube
- https://www.bing.com/search?q=miramar+martinez+video&cvid=6bd7d35c539d440fb9bfbbbe9e5e06df
- CNN interview detailing the shooting and aftermath
Carlos Jimenez
October 30, 2025 — Ontario, California
- U.S. citizen shot and injured by ICE
- Approached officers to warn them about children playing nearby
Portland Shooting
January 8, 2026
CBP agents shot and wounded two unarmed individuals during a traffic stop:
- Luis David Nico Moncada
- Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras
Deaths in ICE Custody — 2026
Beyond shootings, deaths in ICE custody surged in 2026, with families alleging medical neglect and abuse.
Geraldo Lunas Campos
January 3, 2026 — El Paso
- Death ruled a homicide
- Witnesses alleged he was placed in a chokehold by facility staff
Víctor Manuel Díaz
January 14, 2026 — El Paso
- Found dead in custody
- ICE ruled the death a suicide
- Family disputes the finding
Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres
January 5, 2026 — Texas
- Died from heart-related complications
- Family alleges denial of adequate medical care
The Point History Makes Clear
Authoritarian systems don’t announce themselves as monsters.
They normalize detention.
They excuse violence.
They rely on silence.
Germany learned that lesson too late.
The question now is simple:
Will we?
If you want, I can next:
- Convert this into a newspaper op-ed
- Rewrite it as a formal impeachment brief
- Strip it down into a fact-only timeline
- Or format it for your Central Forward Party site with citations and footnotes
