11-year-old Columbia Heights girl detained with her mother by ICE last month has been released
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Caucuses around Minnesota saw heavy turnout Tuesday night as voters gathered to discuss political issues and candidates.
Lisa Demuth and Kendall Qualls finished one-two in the Republican Party’s caucus straw poll for governor. Qualls is making his second run for governor and is among a long roster of candidates seeking the office.
The DFL Party says it took extra precautions to keep immigration agents away from caucus sites and provided legal help at locations to offer reassurance.
A federal judge and two government lawyers expressed frustration with the Department of Homeland Security’s repeated failure to comply with court orders to release people arrested during the Trump Administration’s immigration operation in Minnesota.
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Gov. Tim Walz says federal immigration officers are targeting the state's schools. He says normally, ICE agents would stay away from schools, hospitals and places of worship. But now, Walz says none of this is normal.
A Minnesota girl detained with her mother by ICE last month has been released. 11-year-old Elizabeth Zuna was detained by federal agents while on her way to school with her mother in early January. She attends the same elementary school in Columbia Heights as Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old was also detained last month. Both children were sent to a family detention center in Dilley, Texas.
Opening games for the Olympics are Friday. Minnesota’s Lindsey Vonn says she still plans to compete in Italy this weekend despite suffering a serious knee injury in a crash during a ski race last week.
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