Top Minnesota fraud prosecutor quits; Oglala Sioux demands ICE release tribal citizens
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Minnesota’s top federal fraud prosecutor has resigned along with other experienced attorneys at the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office. Through a spokesperson, First Assistant U.S. attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson declined to discuss his decision to resign. But the move comes after top officials at DOJ pushed the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe. The tribe learned Tuesday the first names of the four men initially detained in Minneapolis. One has been released.
The Department of Homeland Security has launched Operation PARRIS, a new reverification process for refugees who were approved to come to the U.S. in recent years. Advocates say this involves people who are here legally — but that some are being arrested by ICE agents, and quickly moved out of state.
Leaders from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe say they are working to draft their own tribal constitution.
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Joe Thompson, Minnesota's top federal fraud prosecutor, quits over ICE shooting probe
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
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