The radical Left launched a coordinated assault on federal immigration enforcement.
They're not trying to de-escalate tensions.
And left-wing mobs are going to war with ICE to achieve this tragic goal.
Thousands Recruited To Provoke ICE Into George Floyd Moment
Major cities across the United States are becoming staging grounds for a calculated strategy straight out of the Left's 2020 playbook.
Thousands of activists are being recruited for "rapid response teams" against ICE — but their real mission isn't protecting illegal aliens.
These radicals want violent confrontations with ICE agents, and they're actively trying to get people killed.
The goal is manufacturing the next George Floyd moment — a death they can use to paint ICE as murderous thugs — then riding that wave of outrage straight into the 2026 midterm elections.
New York City socialists are mustering an army of more than 4,000 anti-ICE activists.
The Democratic Socialists of America outlined their mission at the Chinese Communist Party-linked People's Forum in Manhattan, where photos of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara decorate the walls.
Chicago has more than a dozen rapid response teams operational.
Minnesota developed a "centralized rapid response network" months ago, using mass text alerts to swarm ICE locations within minutes.
The faster they mobilize, the better chance they have of provoking the incident they're hunting for.
Democrat Leaders Enable The Strategy
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey aren't stopping these mobs.
They're letting it happen.
One viral video of an ICE agent using force against a "peaceful protester" is worth millions in campaign donations and drives the Democrat base to the polls.
Senate candidate Jake Lang discovered how violent these radicals are on January 17 in Minneapolis.
A leftist mob rushed him after a speech at City Hall, beat him with weapons, and reportedly stabbed him.
Lang was hospitalized for severe lacerations and cranial bleeding.
Anti-ICE rioters stormed a Baptist church during Sunday worship service.
These thugs surrounded the congregation mid-sermon, shouting obscenities while children cried.
One member reported a left-wing activist screamed that churchgoers were "privileged pigs" as kids sobbed in fear.
Former CNN host Don Lemon was embedded with the protesters filming everything.
Chauntyll Allen, Black Lives Matter leader and St. Paul School Board member, told TMZ she would storm the church again.
These radicals aren't afraid because Democrat leaders won't hold them accountable.
Armed Radicals Escalating To Force Response
Some anti-ICE radicals are now bringing rifles to confrontations.
Disturbing footage from St. Paul shows a man with a rifle and suppressor standing guard in a neighborhood.
"Yep, this is my block," he told reporters. "I protect my people."
That's bait for federal agents.
Monday night, two Portland police officers were shot as an anti-ICE mob rioted at an ICE facility.
The suspect fired at officers, striking both.
That shooting is exactly what the Left wants.
They're hunting for deaths — preferably caught on camera — so they can paint ICE as murderous thugs.
Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent on January 7 in Minneapolis, and the Left immediately weaponized her death to mobilize protests nationwide.
But one death isn't enough for them.
Every confrontation is designed to escalate until more people get killed and they have the martyrs they need for 2026.
Remember 2020?
For months after George Floyd's death, cities burned while Democrats ordered police to stand down and let rioters destroy neighborhoods.
The media flooded networks with edited clips — only showing police responses, never the violence that provoked them.
Democrats rode that manufactured crisis to flip Georgia, Arizona, and the White House.
They're running the exact same playbook against ICE.
Provoke confrontations, escalate until someone dies, cry victim when federal agents defend themselves, flood social media with edited clips showing ICE as killers, and drive turnout in 2026.
De-escalation isn't the goal — they want bodies for the cameras.
George Soros-backed organizations like the Open Society Foundations are funding this operation with professional coordination and thousands of willing participants ready to provoke federal agents.
Trump Won't Take The Bait
The Pentagon ordered 1,500 troops to prepare for possible Minnesota deployment.
President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Two battalions of the 11th Airborne Division are on standby.
The radical Left is hoping Trump sends in troops.
Nothing would help Democrats more than images of U.S. soldiers confronting illegal alien activists in American cities.
That's the strategy: create chaos, provoke response, capture it on video, edit for maximum impact, and weaponize it before Election Day.
Walz and Frey unleashed these mobs knowing the endgame.
ICE agents are just trying to enforce federal immigration law.
But every encounter is being staged for political impact.
The Left learned from 2020 that riots and violence can be weaponized if you control the narrative.
They're betting Americans forgot how they burned cities, defunded police, and blamed Trump for chaos they created.
Now they're manufacturing a new crisis with ICE as the villain.
Widespread civil unrest is already here.
And it's only getting worse as November 2026 approaches.
Sources:
- Michael Snyder, "All Over America, Thousands of Radicals Are Being Recruited for 'Rapid Response Teams' That Are Designed to Swarm ICE," End of the American Dream, January 20, 2026.
- Multiple staff writers, "Live updates: Minnesota ICE protests, Jake Lang confrontation," CBS News, January 19, 2026.
- Multiple staff writers, "Pentagon readies 1,500 troops amid Trump Insurrection Act threats, church protests," NewsNation, January 19, 2026.
- Multiple staff writers, "Anti-ICE rally chases off US far-right influencer Jake Lang in Minneapolis," Al Jazeera, January 18, 2026.
- Brandon Porter, "Anti-ICE Protest Disrupts Sunday Worship At Minnesota Church," Religion Unplugged, January 19, 2026.
