{"id":2534997,"date":"2026-01-13T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renee-good-gave-her-life-to-protect-killers-from-ice-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:59:29","slug":"renee-good-gave-her-life-to-protect-killers-from-ice-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renee-good-gave-her-life-to-protect-killers-from-ice-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Renee Good Gave Her Life To Protect Killers From ICE Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frenee-good-gave-her-life-to-protect-killers-from-ice-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2534997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article recounts the January incident in Minneapolis in which 37-year-old activist Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent after she reportedly struck an officer with her SUV while trying to block an enforcement action. It says Good was part of a left-wing effort to impede ICE arrests of criminal undocumented immigrants and highlights cases ICE and DHS have publicized-naming several detainees and summarizing their alleged convictions. The piece criticizes local progressive politicians, including Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, for sympathizing with protesters and framing the scene around a makeshift memorial described as a &#8220;space of mourning.&#8221; Federal officials-ICE Director Todd Lyons and DHS leaders-are quoted defending the arrests,saying they protect communities and noting a rise in assaults on agents. The article reports that DHS plans to deploy additional federal officers to Minnesota and that state leaders, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, have sued to push ICE out of parts of the Twin Cities. It concludes by warning that authorities will continue arrests of &#8220;the worst&#8221; offenders and will hold those who obstruct enforcement accountable.The piece is by Matt Kittle of The Federalist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Calling all rational Americans: Here are the thieves, child rapists, and murderers the left&rsquo;s latest false martyr was fighting for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/09\/heres-how-professional-activists-use-guerrilla-tactics-to-sabotage-ice-arrests\/\">Renee Good,<\/a> the 37-year-old radical fatally shot last week by the Immigration &amp; Customs Enforcement agent she appears to have struck with her SUV, was part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/09\/heres-how-professional-activists-use-guerrilla-tactics-to-sabotage-ice-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leftist resistance movement<\/a> that tried to stop ICE from arresting criminal illegal immigrants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/icegov\/posts\/ice-st-paul-arrested-hernan-cortes-balencia-he-served-time-in-prison-for-child-m\/1191513829832339\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hernan Cortes-Balencia<\/a>. The Mexican foreign national, who had a final order of removal dating back more than nine years, has been convicted of sexual assault against a child, sexual assault-carnal abuse and four DUI&rsquo;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> DHS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EROSaintPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EROSaintPaul<\/a> arrested Hernan Cortes-Balencia. He served time in prison for:<br \/>&bull; Child molestation<br \/>&bull; Sexual assault<br \/>&bull; Multiple DUIs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aiyrul2PGI\">pic.twitter.com\/aiyrul2PGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICEgov\/status\/1986169206342119580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And then there&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sriudorn Phaivan<\/a>, a criminal illegal alien from Laos. Phaivan, outstayed his welcome by nearly eight years. He&rsquo;s a felon with a long rap sheet, including strongarm sodomy of a boy, strongarm sodomy of a girl, another aggravated sex offense, nine counts of larceny, four counts of fraud, vehicle theft, and two counts of drug possession.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are the people Good and her loudmouth lesbian partner &mdash; who screamed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/9V78i3o_k98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> &ldquo;Drive, baby! Drive!&rdquo;<\/a> just before the activist hit the gas and lost her life &mdash; were attempting to impede ICE from arresting. And Renee Good, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/07\/minneapolis-mayor-blames-ice-for-car-ramming-attack-on-immigration-enforcement-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> of &ldquo;domestic terrorism,&rdquo; is now suddenly a hero to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/left-wing-group-backs-tens-thousands-anti-ice-demonstrations-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands taking to the streets <\/a>and calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypocrisy-trump-team-shows-videos-of-democrat-lawmakers-during-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"\u2018Hypocrisy:\u2019 Trump Team Shows Videos of Democrat Lawmakers During Impeachment Trial\">federal law enforcement officers<\/a> to get the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/07\/minneapolis-mayor-blames-ice-for-car-ramming-attack-on-immigration-enforcement-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;f &ndash; &ndash; &ndash; out&rdquo; <\/a>of their cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lawlessness and disorder. That&rsquo;s what these leftists are standing up for.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks and demonization of ICE and our partners is wrong. ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Our message is clear: DO NOT come to this country illegally. If you do, we will&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6jcGRVPuyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/6jcGRVPuyC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1924208050904195564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of these criminal aliens have had final orders of removal for 30 years, but they&rsquo;ve been free to terrorize Minnesotans,&rdquo; said ICE Director Todd M. Lyons, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>. &ldquo;ICE&rsquo;s arrests prevent recidivism and make communities safer, but it feels like local politicians want to ignore that part and drum up discontent rather than protect their own constituents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;A Space of Mourning&rsquo; (STFU!)<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota far-left politicians, including Gov. Tim Walz, who would like to talk about anything other than the multi-billion-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/gregg-jarrett-walz-charged-minnesota-fraud-scandal-his-best-defense-incompetence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">welfare fraud scandal<\/a> he&rsquo;s presided over, have been stoking the flames of violence against immigration law enforcers for a long time. In May, Walz called ICE agents President Donald &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s modern-day Gestapo.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks and demonization of ICE and our partners is wrong. ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Our message is clear: DO NOT come to this country illegally. If you do, we will&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6jcGRVPuyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/6jcGRVPuyC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1924208050904195564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, Walz took a photo-op tour of the makeshift memorial for Renee Good, the left&rsquo;s latest martyr. WCCO Radio reported that a sign at the site declared, &ldquo;You are in the Central neighborhood of Minneapolis. The block you are entering has become a space of mourning.&rdquo; Would the same liberals &mdash; including Walz and Jacob Frey, Minneapolis&rsquo; left-wing shill of a mayor, be in mourning if Good had killed the ICE agent? Or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ice-officer-who-shot-minnesota-woman-dragged-car-illegal-alien-sex-offender-months-earlier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dragged him and injured him<\/a> like a criminal illegal alien did last summer in suburban Minneapolis? Of course not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re better together than we are divided,&rdquo; one person at the memorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wccoradio\/news\/local\/mourners-gather-where-ice-shot-woman-as-operations-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> WCCO Radio. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a beauty, there&rsquo;s beauty in diversity, but it&rsquo;s hard when we&rsquo;re divided.&rdquo; Yes, calling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dem-says-mexico-gives-him-more-info-on-border-crisis-than-biden-admin\/\" title=\"Texas Dem Says Mexico Gives Him More Info on Border Crisis Than Biden Admin\">federal law enforcement agents<\/a> modern-day Gestapo and attacking them for defending themselves from being run over by hate-filled activists has a way of creating division.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The protesters, many of them much less than &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/event\/118th-congress\/house-event\/115946\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mostly peaceful,&rdquo;<\/a> reflexively stand against the same ICE agents who have cleared Minneapolis streets from criminal illegal aliens such as Gabriel Figueroa Gama, who was previously removed from the U.S. in 2002, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> DHS. He was later convicted of homicide, battery, assault and amphetamine possession. Or Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, a criminal illegal alien from Somalia, with a conviction record that includes two counts of negligent manslaughter with a vehicle, two counts of DUI, larceny and damage to property. Where were the protests and &ldquo;spaces of mourning&rdquo; for these victims of illegal immigrant crime?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">list<\/a> of human scum and villainy goes on and on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;We Will Hold Them Accountable&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;Regardless of staged political theatrics, ICE is going to continue to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota and elsewhere,&rdquo; Lyons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-arrests-dozens-criminal-illegal-aliens-convicted-murder-child-rape-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-deploying-hundreds-more-federal-agents-minneapolis-noem-announces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News over the weekend that hundreds more federal law enforcement agents were heading to Minnesota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please pray for the protection of law enforcement and, if you see them, offer words of encouragement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CnWnhL1PqK\">pic.twitter.com\/CnWnhL1PqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem\/status\/2010861687247622588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Minnesota Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Keith_Ellison_(Minnesota)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keith Ellison<\/a> announced on Monday that the state and the Twin Cities have filed a lawsuit seeking to remove ICE agents from the leftist enclaves. Ellison, who has his own <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-ignored-rampant-taxpayer-fraud-and-silenced-state-whistleblowers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal troubles<\/a> in Minnesota&rsquo;s welfare fraud scandal, sounded the left&rsquo;s usual baseless accusations of racism and threats to democracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy and our differences of opinion with the federal government, is a violation of the Constitution and federal law,&rdquo; the former deputy Democratic National Committee chair <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/live-updates\/minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-dhs-adding-hundreds\/?id=129124338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> Monday at a press conference, standing alongside the sanctuary city mayors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Such incendiary rhetoric will do nothing to calm the fever-dream minds of the organized and well-funded protesters beating the drum for violence against ICE and those that support immigration law enforcement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Noem said the federal officers will not be deterred from doing their jobs, even as violence against ICE and Border Patrol agents soars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If they conduct violent activities against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that&rsquo;s a crime, and we will hold them accountable to those consequences,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-deploying-hundreds-more-federal-agents-minneapolis-noem-announces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the secretary in the interview on Fox News.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renee Good killed after clashing with ICE agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2534998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-5.07.05-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[8364,3813,70815,70399,10869],"class_list":["post-2534997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-killers-2","tag-renee-good","tag-sacrifice"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-at-5.07.05-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535001,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534997\/revisions\/2535001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2534998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2534997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2534997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}