CHICAGO, IL – January 8, 2026 – Enough is enough. The killing of Renee Nicole Good, an unarmed 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother fatally shot by an ICE agent on January 7 in Minneapolis, is a clarion call for transparency and accountability. While local and federal narratives of yesterday’s events sharply differ—eyewitness accounts and video review contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s claims that the ICE agent was acting in self-defense, a simple and sobering truth remains: an American is dead at the hands of her own government, and the public deserves answers. 

This is not an isolated incident. In September 2025, Silverio Villegas-González, a 38-year-old father, was killed by an ICE officer during a vehicle stop in the Chicago area. According to The Marshall Project, federal officers fired on at least nine people in their vehicles over a four-month period, evidence of a disturbing pattern.

Communities across the country are experiencing an escalation of militarized immigration enforcement that spreads fear, separates families, and violates basic constitutional norms in neighborhoods, near schools, churches, and community spaces. 

Raul I. Raymundo, CEO and Co-Founder of The Resurrection Project, said: 

“When enforcement operates without transparency or accountability, lives are lost and communities are traumatized. This level of militarization is unnecessary, dangerous, and unacceptable. Our government must be held to the constitutional standards it has been entrusted to defend.”

We are living through a profound rupture in the American experience—where democratic norms erode, accountability weakens, and immigrants are subjected to unprecedented violence.

 The Resurrection Project calls on this Administration to end overly aggressive, militarized enforcement and immediately restore constitutional guardrails, including clear identification of agents, strict limits on use of force, independent review of all deaths and serious injuries, protection of sensitive locations, and transparent public reporting.

The promise of America is clear: that all people are created equal. Right now, we are falling short. Enough is enough.

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About The Resurrection Project

The Resurrection Project (TRP) builds trusting relationships to educate and propel individuals, immigrants, and families to achieve their social and economic aspirations, stable homes, and equitable participation in their community. TRP is a leading provider of affordable housing, financial education, and immigration services on Chicago’s Southwest side.

During the past three decades TRP has worked to improve the lives of individuals and families by creating wealth, building assets, and engaging residents to be catalysts for change. Rooted in the Pilsen community, TRP’s impact now extends across the City of Chicago and through the State of Illinois; we are making steady progress towards leveraging and preserving more than $1 billion in community wealth.