Dan Monfre was searching for a way to match his skillset in marketing to the goal of fund raising for community members targeted and traumatized by the federal immigration raids this year.

Monfre and friend Brandon Long, two St. Paul residents and Minnesota United supporters, brainstormed an idea to replace the Target logo on the front of Loons fans’ jerseys with the rebel loon insignia, versions of which have proliferated in recent weeks. Variations of the Minnesota state bird are placed into a Rebel Alliance crest from “Star Wars” to represent resistance to the surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in Minnesota.

The Rebel Loon Project was born and promoted on Reddit in a call for a one-day event to alter fans’ jerseys. Demand generated an initial email list of more than 500, and Monfre knew it was going to take a series of get-togethers.

Latino-owned Calisota Boys Customs, a print and retail shop in West St. Paul, and a group volunteers alter the jerseys for $20-30 a piece with a requested donation for the Immigrant Defense Network. The goal is to raise at least $10,000 for IDN, which supports the constitutional rights of immigrants in Minnesota.

Their first event — which was chock full of RSVPs within an hour — converted more than 100 jerseys and gathered $2,000 for IDN at Inbound BrewCo in Minneapolis on Feb. 21, Monfre said.

A second event, now also full, plans to alter 200 jerseys and raise more money at BauHaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis on Saturday. It will start before the Loons’ home opener against FC Cincinnati at Allianz Field at 3:30 p.m.

A third event is scheduled for BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul on March 7; that one will coincide with a watch party for the Loons’ night game at Nashville SC.

The fan-led initiative germinated strictly out of support those affected in the community.

“There’s a misconception with our organization that we’re sort of trying to stick it to Target or stick it to (Minnesota) United, and that’s really not the case,” Monfre said. “… It was more about the pride that we have for how Minnesota has responded to the federal actions here.”

Minnesota United fans Dan Monfre and Brandon Long, who live in St. Paul, have organized an initiative to turn the Target logo on the Loons’ jersey into the Rebel Loon logo in support of the community during the federal immigration raids in Minnesota. The work is done by Calisota Boys Customs in West St. Paul and donations are directed to Immigrant Defense Network. A second event to change jerseys will be at BauHaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Courtesy of Dan Monfre)

Monfre emphasized the organization is just conduit between Loons fans and Calisota Boys Customs and the Immigrant Defense Network. Compensation for the jersey changes and donations go directly to those two groups, he said.

Marcela Vega, who owns Calisota Boys Customs, said her small shop saw fewer customers during the height of the raids. With ICE agents in her complex’s parking lot at times, she felt the need to lock the door until she felt comfortable those outside were actual costumers.

Vega’s business received $2,000 and $500 in tips from the first event last weekend, she said, and it helped cover ent.

“I didn’t know what I was going to do before this,” Vega told the Pioneer Press. “It came at the perfect time.”

Last Saturday’s event preceded MNUFC’s season opener at Austin FC. And down in Texas, Austin FC’s Los Verdes supporters group caught wind of the Rebel Loon Project. Monfre said they took collections during its pre-match festivities and sent $500 to Minnesota for the Immigrant Defense Network.

“As a group of volunteers, we were kind of sitting there doing this work and steaming off logos on jerseys, so getting that email was a pretty cool way to remember why we were doing it,” Monfre said. “All it takes is for the right person to be in inspired about the project and you’re raising awareness.”

The Rebel Loon Project, which uses a rebel loon logo shared online as available for free use, has heard from supporters of other MLS teams.

“Some people asked if we could replace the logo on their D.C. United kit or another team,” Monfre said. He and Vega are working to fulfill those orders for delivery.

Monfre expects demand for the Rebel Loon Project will grow as the season progresses and MNUFC fans see the jersey conversions in person at home matches.

Monfre became a season ticket holder when Minnesota’s pro soccer team was known the Stars in the early 2010s. One of his favorite things about Allianz Field is the collection of flags that hang over the Wonderwall section in the stadium’s south end. They represent the countries the Loons players are from.

“One of the things I like about soccer is the diversity of our fan base, and when you look at the supporter section from the stadium, you see flags from different countries flying (and) you have that sort of sense of pride,” said Monfre, whose wife is a Filipino immigrant. “And I think wearing the rebel loon logo on jerseys is sort of another way of showing pride in that community and saying that every type of person is welcome in the supporters community and at the stadium.”

Vega, who said she is a U.S. citizen of Mexican heritage, has been to a couple of Loons games but has grown tighter to that broader community through this effort.

“It was an eye-opener about how united Minnesota can become,” she said. “It’s ironic their name is Minnesota United. It shows their fans are definitely united. That’s awesome. The ongoing support from people online. (I’m) grateful for the work we are doing.”

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By SARAH EL DEEB

BEIRUT (AP) — As wounded anti-government protesters poured into an Iranian hospital during last month’s crackdown, a young doctor hurried to the emergency room to help treat a man in his 40s who had been shot in the head at close range.

When the doctor and others tried to resuscitate the man, a group of armed, plainclothes security agents blocked their way, pushing some back with their rifles, the doctor told The Associated Press.

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“They surrounded him and didn’t allow us to move further,” the doctor in the northern city of Rasht said.

Minutes later, the man was dead. The agents put his body in a black body bag. Later, they piled it and other bodies into the back of a van and drove away.

This wasn’t an isolated incident.

Over the course of a few days in early January, plainclothes agents swarmed hospitals in multiple cities treating the thousands wounded by Iranian security forces who fired on crowds to quash massive protests against the 47-year-old Islamic Republic. These agents monitored and sometimes obstructed care to protesters, intimidated staff, seized protesters and took away the dead in body bags. Dozens of doctors were arrested.

This story is based on AP interviews with three doctors in Iran and six Iranian medical professionals living abroad who are in contact with colleagues on the ground; reports from human rights groups; and AP’s verification of more than a dozen videos posted on social media. All of the doctors inside Iran spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

The AP worked with Mnemonic, a Berlin-based organization, to identify online videos, posts and other material relating to violence in hospitals.

The doctors in Iran and abroad said the level of brutality and militarization of health facilities was unprecedented in a country that for decades has experienced crackdowns on dissent and surveillance of public institutions. In at least one instance, snipers on the roof of a hospital in the northern town of Gorgan shot at approaching patients, according to a witness’ account provided by IIPHA, a U.S.-based association of Iranian health care professionals.

The Iran Human Rights Center, based in Oslo, has documented multiple accounts from inside hospitals of security agents preventing medical care, removing patients from ventilators, harassing doctors and detaining protesters.

“It is systematic,” said Amiry-Moghaddam, an Iranian-Norwegian neuroscientist who founded the group. “And we have not experienced this pattern before.”

The government has blamed the protests and ensuing violence on armed foreign-backed “terrorists.”

Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour denied reports of treatment being prevented or protesters being taken from hospitals, calling them “untrue, but also fundamentally impossible.” He was quoted in state media as saying all injured were treated “without any discrimination or interference over political opinions.” The Iranian mission at the United Nations did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the doctors’ accounts.

Doctors tried to protect the wounded

The crackdown, which reached its height on Jan. 8 and 9, was the deadliest since the Islamic Republic took power in 1979. A complete toll of casualties and other details have been slow to emerge because of internet restrictions imposed by authorities.

The Human Rights Activists News Agency says it confirmed more than 7,000 deaths and that it is investigating thousands more. The government has acknowledged more than 3,000 killed, though it has undercounted or not reported fatalities from past unrest.

Once the crackdown began, the doctor in Rasht said he worked through 66 hours of hell, moving each day to a different facility to help with the wounded — first a trauma center, then a hospital and finally a private clinic.

On Jan. 8, “every 15 to 30 minutes, the entire emergency ward would be emptied and then refilled with new patients,” the doctor said.

It got worse on Jan. 9, as wounds from live ammunition became more common and security agents became more menacing.

Agents brought in wounded protesters and stood watch over them as staff worked, the doctor said. They burst into wards, armed with automatic rifles, threatening staff and filming patients and checking documents.

When it came time to discharge a patient, he said, “they would take anyone who was confirmed to be a protester.”

At one point, security agents brought in the body of a dead man with his hands shackled in front of his body. He had pellet shots to his abdomen and chest and a clear bullet wound to the head, he said.

He recognized the man immediately. Only moments earlier, his family had been showing his photo around the hospital, asking if he had been admitted.

Amnesty International has received credible reports that targeted, close-range shootings of protesters took place, and “at a far greater scale” than in past crackdowns on protests, said the group’s Iran researcher Raha Bahereini. Two videos verified by AP show the bodies of protesters with close-range shots and medical equipment connected to their bodies.

The doctor said he and other staff tried to hide wounded protesters by recording false diagnoses in hospital records. Gunshots to the abdomen were identified as abdominal pain; broken bones were recorded as a falling accident. One patient who had been shot in the genitals was identified as a urology patient.

“We knew that no matter what we did for the patients, they wouldn’t be safe once they stepped out of the hospital,” he said.

The AP could not independently confirm the doctor’s account of events at the hospital in Rasht. But it conformed with AP’s other reporting.

The AP verified videos posted from four hospitals as a snapshot of the Iranian security forces’ activity. Mnemonic gathered dozens of videos, posts and other accounts it says showed forces were present in and around nine hospitals, in some cases firing guns and tear gas. Mnemonic has been preserving digital evidence of human rights violations in Iran since 2022, creating with partners an archive of more than 2 million documents.

One video verified by AP shows security agents breaking through glass entrance doors into Imam Khomeini Hospital in the western city of Ilam. They then barged through the halls with their guns, yelling at people.

The Health Ministry told state media it was investigating the incident, saying it was committed to protecting medical centers, staff and patients.

Other videos verified by AP show a heavy presence of security forces surrounding three hospitals in Tehran, firing tear gas and chasing protesters.

Treating the wounded in hiding

Other doctors worked in clandestine centers to treat the wounded away from authorities.

On the night of Jan. 8, a 37-year-old general surgeon was out for dinner in Tehran when he received a call from a professional friend he hadn’t heard from in years. The friend, an ophthalmologist, spoke in vague terms, but the fear in her voice made clear she needed his help urgently. She gave him an address.

Just before midnight, he drove to the address, a clinic for cosmetic procedures. Inside, he found the lobby transformed into a trauma ward, with more than 30 wounded men, women, children and elderly on the couches and blood-covered floor, shouting and crying,

The surgeon spent nearly four days there, treating more than 90 people, he estimates, as volunteers brought in more wounded. At first, it was just him, the ophthalmologist, a dentist and two nurses.

He used cardboard boxes and pieces of soft metal as splints for broken bones. With no anesthesia or strong painkillers, he used weaker suppository analgesics. The clinic had no blood supplies or transfusion capabilities, so he administered IV drips to rehydrate them and raise their blood pressure, a process that took hours.

At some point that night, phone lines were cut off and for 12 hours, he couldn’t call for more help. They couldn’t send patients to hospitals for fear they’d be arrested.

One woman, in her 30s, had been hit by bird shot at close range, destroying the roof of her mouth and the area around her nose and below her eyes, the surgeon recalled.

A young man in his 20s had been shot with live ammunition in his elbow, shattering it. The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated.

A family of four — a mother, father and their 8- and 10-year-old children — were all riddled with pellets, the surgeon said. The older boy had dozens of pellets in his face, but amazingly none hit his eyes.

On the morning of Jan. 9, the phone lines started working again, and the surgeon reached out to doctors he trusted to refer patients to them. First he had to make sure to remove all bullets and pellets from their bodies so they wouldn’t be detained at the hospital. He wrote referral letters saying the patients had been in car accidents.

The surgeon summoned three other doctors to help in the hidden clinic. When new wounded were brought in, the patients who had been stabilized applauded and flashed victory signs to them, he said.

“They started to make the atmosphere happy through their pain. … I just couldn’t believe that moment,” the surgeon said, his voice breaking. “It was so human.”

None of the wounded died at the clinic, though two dead bodies with gunshot wounds to the head were brought in, he said. The AP could not independently confirm the surgeon’s account of events at the clinic.

Doctors targeted for arrest

Since Jan. 9, at least 79 health care professionals have been detained, including a dozen medical students, according to Homa Fathi, an Iranian dentist pursuing a Ph.D. in Canada and member of IIPHA who has been monitoring Iranian government action against health professionals since 2022. Many of those detained were accused of resisting security agents’ orders or other charges connected to providing medical care to protesters, said Fathi.

Around 30 have been released, most on bail, but many of them still face charges, including one accused of “waging war against God,” a charge that carries a death penalty, Fathi said. Authorities are also keeping some doctors under surveillance at home to ensure they don’t receive or visit wounded protesters — an unprecedented level of control, she said.

The surgeon who treated protesters at the secret clinic said he was surprised security forces never stormed that location to make arrests.

But arrests have come since. Two health care workers who volunteered at the clinic were seized from their homes, the surgeon said.

“I am waiting, too.”

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Gathered at a resort in suburban Virginia, House Democrats this week were acting like a party on the verge of reclaiming power as they drafted policy blueprints and spoke confidently about election victories in November.

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“We’re here at this issues conference to talk amongst each other and with outside stakeholders and experts about a bold, meaningful, transformational path forward,” said House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

After a punishing 2024 cycle, many Democrats believe the high cost of living as well as voter frustration with President Donald Trump’s second term have put the majority in the House well within their reach. But beneath the confidence is a quieter uncertainty: Beyond opposing Trump, Democrats face the defining challenge of developing a unifying policy agenda capable of holding together a party undergoing generational and ideological change.

Any Democratic majority would immediately use subpoena power against the Republican administration, something they have been unable to do in the minority. But beyond that, while members agree on the problems facing voters — affordability, immigration enforcement and countering Trump — fissures remain between the party’s progressive left and its more centrist wing.

“We can’t be just anti-Trump,” said Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell, the caucus’ policy leader. “We have to have an agenda.”

Rep. Joe Neguse D-Colo. Speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Unity in opposition

The party’s internal tensions were laid bare during the 2024 election and in the months afterward as Democrats argued over messaging on immigration, the economy and foreign policy. But when Trump returned to power and moved quickly to implement his agenda, those disagreements receded as Democrats moved to an opposition footing.

In the House, Democrats have rallied together to challenge Trump’s policies, forcing — and succeeding on — votes opposing tariffs and requiring the release of Department of Justice files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

“We have become the most effective minority party in U.S. history,” said California Rep. Ted Lieu, vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus.

But after more than three years as the minority party in the House, Democrats say the political environment is shifting. Looking back to November, they point to the ballot initiative in California to redraw congressional maps, along with strong gubernatorial performances in Virginia and New Jersey.

Since then, Democrats say there have been other overperformances to show their momentum, such as flipping a state Senate district in Texas this month in an area that Trump had won by 17 percentage points in 2024.

“It’s going to be a sprint” to Nov, 3, Election Day, Jeffries said. “House Democrats are on the verge of a takeover.”

Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., speaks at a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

The harder task is governing

If Democrats reclaim the House, their most immediate power would be oversight. Committee chairs would gain subpoena authority and the ability to compel testimony — tools that leaders say would be used aggressively to scrutinize the administration.

“Make no mistake, oversight will be muscular and significant,” said Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse, a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

House Democratic Caucus leader Pete Aguilar of California said that “when it comes to oversight and accountability, it is a target-rich environment.” But he also said Democrats cannot rely on investigations alone.

The standoff over funding for the Department of Homeland Security has illustrated how resistance can unify the caucus. Democrats have largely held together in opposition, using their leverage to outline demands for accountability.

Yet divisions remain.

Some high-profile progressives, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, have called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Party leaders and more centrist members, wary of overreach, have instead advocated major changes, raising questions about whether resolving the shutdown could expose deeper splits.

“We cannot allow a federal agency — one that was created for one purpose to terrorize — to function as an occupying force in our communities,” Omar, whose district includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs, said on the House floor this month. “Real accountability starts with abolishing ICE.”

A previous shutdown fight underscored how compromise can strain that cohesion. When some Democratic senators agreed to reopen the government without securing an extension of key health care subsidies, backlash from the party’s left flank was intense.

“The American people asked us over and over to fight for health care and to lower our costs overall,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said at the time. “Obviously that broke apart at the end.”

‘A closing argument’

The week’s policy conference came and went with few specifics attached to the “bold, meaningful, transformational path forward” that Jeffries previewed at the outset. Instead, members coalesced around broad themes — lowering costs, protecting health care and drawing contrasts with Trump — while leaving the details for later.

“That’s the work that we’re still to do,” said Illinois Rep. Nikki Budzinski when asked about what House Democrats’ first bill would be in a new majority. “We’ve rolled out nine different frameworks. All of them are equally important, I think, to address affordability, which is our coalition’s goal. It’s hard to say that there’s one silver bullet.”

Democrats’ “Six for ’06” agenda was not unveiled until the fall of 2006, weeks before voters handed them the majority. In 2018, the party campaigned under the “For the People” banner months before translating it into legislation once Democrats were in power.

“I expect to refresh our core message frame ahead of a closing argument for this fall,” said Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood. “The closing argument was 6 for ‘06. Closing argument in 2018 was ‘For the People,’ right? So, we’re going to have a closing argument message frame that you all be delighted and wowed by as we head into the fall election season.”

Still, the closer Democrats believe they are to reclaiming the majority, the more pressing the agenda becomes. Oversight may be the most immediate tool of a new majority. Sustaining power and shaping the party’s direction beyond a single election cycle will require more than subpoenas.

“What we tell our members and what we tell candidates who are running is we have to do all of the things,” Aguilar said. “We have to do oversight and accountability, and we have to talk about the affordability agenda and how we’re going to make life better for people if we are given the opportunity to lead.”

AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.

By MICHAEL HILL and JAKE OFFENHARTZ

A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead on the street five days later, prompting a police investigation and complaints from city officials that he’d been abandoned without care for his safety.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was detained by Border Patrol agents on Feb. 19 after his release from a county jail, but was let go that same day after federal authorities determined he wasn’t eligible for deportation.

The agents brought him to a Tim Hortons restaurant north of Buffalo’s downtown and dropped him there, authorities and advocates said. His family, which had initially expected him to walk out of jail, wasn’t informed he had been released. Shah Alam’s lawyer reported him missing to Buffalo police on Feb. 22 after learning that an area immigration detention center didn’t have him in custody.

Shah Alam was found dead Tuesday night near the downtown sports arena where the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres play. It was unclear how he got there from the Tim Hortons, several miles away, or when he died.

The county medical examiner was investigating the cause of death, health officials said Thursday. The Buffalo Police Department told reporters that the medical examiner had concluded that the death was “health related” and ruled out exposure or homicide, but the Erie County Department of Health later disputed that account, saying no determination had been made. Detectives were investigating the events leading up to Shah Alam’s death, which was first reported by the Investigative Post.

Khaleda Shah, a family friend and spokesperson, said the family wants justice.

“We do not want his death to just go to waste,” she said Thursday at Shah Alam’s funeral. “We want his death to bring awareness to his community, his family, his community at large. We want his name, his story to be a voice for those who are still suffering.”

Mayor blames death in part on ‘dereliction of duty’

Buffalo’s mayor, a Democrat, blamed Shah Alam’s death at least partly on a “dereliction of duty” by federal agents, saying they shouldn’t have left him alone, miles from his home.

“A vulnerable man — nearly blind and unable to speak English — was left alone on a cold winter night with no known attempt to leave him in a safe, secure location. That decision from U.S. Customs and Border Protection was unprofessional and inhumane,” Mayor Sean Ryan said in a statement.

Ryan said Shah Alam had been wearing orange booties issued by the county holding center, rather than proper shoes suitable for winter weather.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection defended its actions.

“Border Patrol agents offered him a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to a coffee shop, determined to be a warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station,” it said in a statement. “He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance.”

Cold and light snow in Buffalo while Shah Alam was missing

During the days Shah Alam was missing, temperatures in Buffalo fell below freezing and light snow fell.

Shah Alam arrived in the United States with his wife and two of his children in December 2024 in search of opportunity for his family, said Imran Fazal, who knows the family and founded a group called the Rohingya Empowerment Community. He had worked in construction for many years previously in Malaysia.

Buffalo police arrested Shah Alam a year ago after an incident that resulted in minor injuries to two officers. He was initially indicted on charges of assault, burglary and criminal mischief, according to Erie County District Attorney Mike Keane. Prosecutors said he had two metal poles when he approached the officers.

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Fazal said the arrest was a misunderstanding based on the language barrier and cultural differences, and that Shah Alam had been taking shelter from the snow near a house at the time. He also said Shah Alam cannot walk properly without a cane. Shah Alam ultimately pleaded guilty Feb. 9 to misdemeanor charges of trespassing and possession of a weapon and was scheduled to be sentenced in March.

Keane, the district attorney, said he had offered a reduced plea “in the interest of justice.” One factor in the decision was avoiding the mandatory deportation that would result from a felony conviction, he said.

Fazal said the family was able to post bail and went to the county jail Feb. 19 expecting Shah Alam to be freed.

“The family was waiting in the waiting room,” Fazal said. “They were thinking he was just coming out.”

But since federal Border Patrol had lodged an immigration detainer after his arrest, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office followed standard practice and informed the federal agency about his pending release.

Ryan said Shah Alam was initially taken to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, which did not take him.

Shah Alam’s family searched for him after his attorney was notified about the nighttime drop-off at a Tim Hortons, but could not locate him, said Fazal.

Fazal called it “a complete failure of the system.”

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, sent a letter to federal officials demanding a full accounting of the actions taken by agents. New York Attorney General Letitia James, also a Democrat, said her office is reviewing its legal options.