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For months, the federal government withheld evidence about what happened to Renee Good, Julio Sosa-Celis, and Alex Pretti — from state investigators, from their families, and from a community that refused to look away. We kept demanding answers. 🧵 Read: www.hennepind2.com/statements/2...

Irene Fernando

@hennepind2.com

In June, a federal judge quashed subpoenas that attempted to block Hennepin’s ability to represent our neighbors. The court upheld the rule of law and the principles of fairness, accountability, and constitutional process that protect our institutions and enable public trust. 2/

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Irene Fernando

@hennepind2.com

14 Aug

In July, the Hennepin County Attorney, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and MN Attorney General obtained evidence that had been withheld for more than half a year, including hard drives and Renee Good’s car. This is not closure. It is the beginning of accountability. 3/

Irene Fernando

@hennepind2.com

14 Aug

The violence present in Minnesota has not stopped — it has spread across our nation. ICE agents murdered Lorenzo Salgado Araujo of Texas and Joan Sebastain Guerrero of Maine, leaving families broken and communities without answers. 4/

Irene Fernando

@hennepind2.com

14 Aug

Minnesota is facing permanent consequences as the Homeland Security Department purchased a prison in Appleton for $495.6 million. After sixteen years empty, it will reopen as the first dedicated immigrant detention facility in our state's history — one with 1,600 beds. 5/

Irene Fernando

@hennepind2.com

14 Aug

We have spent six months forcing evidence into the light, and the federal government has spent half a billion of our tax dollars building a place designed so that there is no evidence to force. 6/