Minnesota AFL-CIO calls for Noem’s impeachment, Miller’s Termination

Board resolution calls for Congress to rescind ICE funding

The Executive Board of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, the state’s federation of more than 1,000 local unions who represent over 300,000 working people, unanimously passed a resolution calling for the resignation or impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the resignation or termination of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. Noem and Miller are both proponents of the tactics that led to federal agents shooting and killing two Minnesotans, the unlawful detention of countless Minnesotans, and weeks of sowing chaos and fear throughout our communities.

“President Trump can swap out names and faces here on the ground, but as long as extremists like Noem and Miller remain in his administration, what’s happening here in Minnesota can just as easily happen anywhere in our nation,” said Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham. “If they refuse to resign, Congress must immediately begin impeaching Noem and pressure the President to fire Miller.”

The resolution, which reaffirms the federation’s calls for an end to “Operation Metro Surge” and for investigations that include local and state authorities into the killings of Renee’ Nicole Good and AFGE member Alex Jeffrey Pretti, also calls for Congress to rescind ICE’s unprecedented funding they appropriated in the so called "One Big Beautiful Bill.”

“For workers of color, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, every commute to work, every trip to the grocery store, and every walk to school remains a genuine safety risk,” Burnham added. “As long as ICE has a $150 billion dollar slush fund to function like an unaccountable paramilitary force unleashed on the American people, nobody in Minnesota or our entire nation are safe.”

The Minnesota AFL-CIO’s action comes as the National AFL-CIO calls for Congress to rescind ICE’s $150 billion in funding and reinvest it into priorities that serve working people, investigate the selective targeting of states like Minnesota – including threats to unilaterally withhold billions of dollars of federal funding for vital services, and put stricter guardrails on federal agents. Their letter to Congressional leaders echoes the calls for ICE to leave Minnesota and for full and transparent investigations into the shooting deaths of Renee’ Good and Alex Pretti.