A leaked Signal group chat has exposed deep ties between Democrat officials, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and radical anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis.
The private messaging group, called “MN ICE Watch,” has allegedly been used to coordinate protests, issue marching orders, and even dox federal ICE agents during the ongoing protests and riots in Minneapolis.
Names of the group’s administrators were leaked after the group was infiltrated by conservative independent journalist Cam Higby and posted to X.
“I have infiltrated organizational signal groups all around Minneapolis with the sole intention of tracking down federal agents and impeding/assaulting/and obstructing them,” Higby wrote at the start of a lengthy thread of screenshots and videos from the chat.
One of the admins of the group is Amanda Noelle Koehler, a prominent protest organizer and former campaign strategist for Walz.
Koehler, who goes by the code name “HAH” in the chat, is listed as one of the group’s admins.
The former Walz staffer has allegedly been actively involved in mobilizing volunteers to track and harass federal agents during “Operation Metro Surge,” the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration violations in the Twin Cities.
Higby explained:
I have been undercover inside the groups for days.
You’ll notice emojis next to people’s names. Here’s a key for what those emojis mean.
The highlighted positions are the most crucial. Most are self explanatory. Mobile patrols spend their entire “shift” searching for suspicious vehicles.
When they find one they send it to the group so that “plate checkers” can compare with their database and see if it’s a known federal vehicle or if the patrol can make the confirmation so that the database can be updated.
Dispatch runs a maxed out call all day telling protestors where ICE has been spotted and how they can be best impeded.
Protesters are also given “occupation” or “shift” positions, which require special training — but it is unclear what the training entails.