“America is a nation of immigrants and we are nothing without the rule of law. Please join me in honoring Ms. Renee Nicole Good and so many others suffering in these unprecedented times”
- Nick Miller
- Communications Director
- 916-319-2029
- Nick.Miller@asm.ca.gov
SACRAMENTO — Inside the California State Assembly chamber before Governor Newsom’s State of the State address on Thursday, Speaker Robert Rivas opened the special joint convention of the Legislature by recognizing the 37-year-old mom fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
The following is a transcript of Speaker Rivas’ moment of silence:
"Before we start today’s proceedings, I want to begin by calling for a moment of silence in honor of Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen murdered by ICE yesterday in Minneapolis, and for the countless immigrants who have been detained, who have been denied due process, and are being held without charge in deplorable conditions across our country.
America is a nation of immigrants and we are nothing without the rule of law. Please join me in honoring Ms. Renee Nicole Good and so many others suffering in these unprecedented times.”
On Tuesday, Speaker Rivas and the Assembly Vice-Chairs of the California Legislative Latino Caucus issued the following statements on the ICE agent’s killing of Good:
“Today's fatal shooting in Minneapolis, perpetrated by an ICE agent, is a sobering reminder of the indiscriminate consequences of Donald Trump’s heartless attacks on our immigrant communities. My thoughts are with the victim’s family, and my message to ICE is simple: Keep your violence and terror out of our communities in California, Minnesota and across our nation,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said.
“The reports of a shooting involving ICE in Minneapolis are alarming. When incidents like this occur, they underscore the urgent need for transparency and oversight, because when enforcement turns violent, no one is safe,” said Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, Vice-Chair of the California Legislative Latino Caucus.
“ICE killed a woman in cold blood today on the streets of Minneapolis. If we allow this to go unanswered, no one is safe,” said Assemblymember Liz Ortega, Vice-Chair of the California Legislative Latino Caucus.