As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members.

The bills were in the works before Alex Pretti and Renee Good were killed in Minnesota last month. But their deaths and the scale of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities have delivered new urgency.

Ace of spades playing cards were left in abandoned vehicles last month after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the drivers, according to a Glenwood Springs-based Latino advocacy nonprofit. The cards have historically been used as an intimidation tactic.

A journalist and Carbondale local, Stewart Huntington, traveled back to his hometown of Minneapolis last month to report on ICE activities and local resistance efforts. Huntington spoke to Aspen Public Radio’s Sage Smiley about the Indigenous organizing he saw on the ground in Minneapolis.

Native people across the country see echoes of history resonating in Minneapolis – and beyond.

Glenwood Springs High School closed on Friday after too many teachers called out to join a national day of action protesting ICE activity in Minneapolis. Students from Carbondale also walked out of school to protest on Main Street.

Agents reportedly detain person in Old Snowmass on Wednesday.

Latino advocacy nonprofit Voces Unidas reported several ICE arrests near Vail this week. Ace of spades playing cards, which U.S. soldiers used as death threats during the Vietnam War, were found in their abandoned vehicles. An ICE spokesperson said the agency is investigating the incident.

The dip in the money immigrants send back to the country coincides with Trump administration immigration authority raids in the United States.

Protests erupted across the country following the death of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Activists in Aspen sang at Wagner Park over the weekend to envision a more peaceful future.