People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge

[Spazito]

The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Foundation announced Wednesday.

The award recognizes residents who risked their lives to protect neighbors and immigrant community members during what the Department of Homeland Security described as the largest federal immigration enforcement action in U.S. history, according to the foundation.

Starting in late 2025, more than 3,000 federal agents from ICE and U.S. Border Patrol were deployed to the Twin Cities metro area.

The foundation highlighted that tens of thousands of residents took to the streets to peacefully protest federal overreach and threats to immigrant families and constitutional protections. Others documented enforcement activity and alerted neighbors to federal agents' presence, including two who were killed by enforcement agents: Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-jfk-profile-in-courage-award-resistance-ice-surge/

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1. Now that is a wonderful use of an award. Those people are amazing.

[Spazito]

2. I couldn't agree more!

They are so deserving of this recognition of their courage and unity. When I heard they had received this acknowledgment, I was moved to tears.

[efhmc]

4. Sadly it never or seldom happens, so to see this is wonderful.

[Spazito]

5. Yes, very true.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Next, we need to give these people the Nobel Peace Prize

[niyad]

6. Yes!!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Jerome Powell was also awarded this honor

[Spazito]

8. Well deserved as well!

He has stood firm against everything trump has thrown at him, my respect for him has grown exponentially.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. This made me smile

[Spazito]

10. Great description of what Powell has been through and still held firm...

I wonder if anyone will have the guts to bring this up to the grifter-in-chief.

[UTUSN]

11. K&R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion

The concept that trump deserves a Profile in Courage award made me laugh. I also love the fact that Jerome Powell and the City of Minneapolis got these awards. The grants of these awards to Powell and Minneapolis are basically great F##K Yous to trump

Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion 🤣🤣🤣

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During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Jack Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy, burst into laughter at the suggestion that Donald Trump might want to be given one of the “Profiles in Courage" awards that have been given to Democrats and Republicans alike.

Appearing to promote the upcoming ceremony for the award given annually by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those former President John F. Kennedy, Sclossberg was put on the spot by co-host Jackie Alemany.

“There have been a number of notable recipients who have received the JFK Profile in Courage award in the past decade,” Alemany prompted her guest. “There's Jerome Powell, Barack Obama, Mike Pence, George H.W. Bush, Zelenskyy, Gabby Giffords, Mitt Romney, John Lewis. Obviously, a number of those people are Republicans.”

“Given Donald Trump's proclivity for anything with the last name Kennedy on it and his love of receiving awards, is there anything that would ever warrant your family's consideration of Donald Trump receiving this award? Anything that he could do that would make you all consider that?” she asked.

After a short burst of laughter, Scholssberg smirked and checked off a list of suggestions for the always attention-starved president.

“If President Trump admitted to the many crimes and the grift that he has committed while president in office, stepped down and handed over the power of the presidency to somebody responsible and not somebody in his own cabinet,” he replied with tongue in cheek.

[Spazito]

13. LOL

Perfect response from Jack Schlossberg.

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14. Thank you for posting this.

Sorry I missed seeing this until now, Spazito. It is a well-deserved honor and frankly it brings a tear to my eye. This, these peaceful protestors are what makes America great.

Persist. Resist.

You all saw this, right?

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— Marguerite (@margueritek.bsky.social) 2026-03-23T14:49:06.602Z

[Spazito]

15. I was deeply moved when I heard about this...

I have become somewhat cynical that courage like that shown by Minnesotans would no longer be acknowledged given the current times so it was wonderful to see that not being the case here.

[sheshe2]

16. We still are a land of some very brave people.

We may not be the land of the free right now; however, we are still the home of some of the brave.

[Spazito]

17. I am very much looking forward to watching the coverage of the...

No Kings Day, it should be amazing and will, no doubt, show the determination and courage that is needed in these times.