A Minnesota-based ICE agent is also a pastor at a church in St. Paul, where protesters interrupted service on Sunday, the Pioneer Press reports. The U.S. Department of Justice says it’s investigating.
A man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 has died in federal custody in Texas, reports KSTP-TV. Political leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Tina Smith, have called for an investigation.
A Liberian immigrant shared his story at a news conference over the weekend of ICE raiding his home in north Minneapolis, arresting him and flying him to Texas. MPR News reports Garrison Gibson had no record of serious crimes and that agents did not have a proper warrant to arrest him in the home. Realizing this, they flew him back to Minnesota, where his lawyers successfully argued for his release.
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What are the events that led up to federal immigration agents’ presence in Minnesota? Immigration attorney Sarah K. Peterson provided context in an interview with KARE 11.
ICYMI, the second ICE shooting in Minneapolis also resulted in officers deploying tear gas to disperse crowds. WCCO-TV reported on one family’s ordeal trying to get their kids, including a baby, away from a cloud of tear gas that ended up under their car.
In another story, a family talked about how ICE agents interrupted a trip to the ER for back pain. The husband was shipped to Texas while the wife was detained in the hospital, Sahan Journal reported.
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on deep divides across the state on whether ICE’s enforcement actions in Minnesota are justified.
State regulators have approved Minnesota Power’s proposed 85-megawatt solar project in Cohasset, the Duluth News Tribune reports.
KTTC-TV reports the Minnesota State Fair will spend $67 million for capital, maintenance and operating costs and will not raise ticket and parking prices in 2026.
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