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2 more Minnesota children taken into ICE custody

As legislative leaders head into the session next month, DFL leaders say they’ll make the massive ICE operation in Minnesota an issue of debate.

Two more Minnesota children from 5-year-old Liam Ramos’ elementary school have been taken into ICE custody. School officials said the children, in second and fifth grade, were taken Thursday afternoon.

This week St. Paul schools announced changes to its grading system to account for potential disruptions in learning. St. Paul schools Superintendent Stacie Stanley says 7,000 students have signed up for the temporary virtual learning option. She says this speaks to the fear in the community.

A week after hundreds of Minnesota businesses closed for the day for a general strike to protest the ongoing surge of federal immigration agents in the state, another action is planned for Friday. The focus Friday is not just Minnesota, but what organizers are pitching as a national shutdown. Among the demands is for Congress to vote no on additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Some Minnesota businesses that closed last Friday are closed again. That includes some event cancellations or postponements, including all Great Northern Festival events scheduled for Friday. The festival will resume Saturday.

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‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody

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