Minnesotans in Coachella Valley are speaking out against Trump administration

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) - Democrats of Sun City Shadow Hills, a political organization based in Indio, have several members from Minnesota who are speaking out against the Trump administration and recent ICE operations nationwide. This weekend, the group held their first "signs of fascism," protest, which they say they plan to hold weekly until they see a change.

Dan Larkin recently moved to the Coachella Valley from Minnesota. He says friends and family back home are in a constant state of hyper vigilance.

"They're all worried about when is the next murder going to take place? Who is it going to be? When are they going to kidnap a child from my school or from my neighborhood?," he says.

Dan Larkin and his wife Mary Larkin say the with shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, along with ICE activity throughout the city, Minnesotans feel "terrorized."

"It's perpetually feeling as if you could be assaulted at any time," says Mary Larkin.

The Larkins are encouraging others to support Minnesotans from wherever you are.

"Right now it's a Minnesota problem. But tomorrow it's coming to another city and it may be ours," says Dan Larkin.

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits has put together a list of ways to support the Minnesota community.