Border czar set to speak to reporters Thursday morning following slight drawdown last week

The White House official leading the federal immigration operation in Minnesota is set to speak at a press conference at 8 a.m. Thursday. Tom Homan announced last week a drawdown of about a quarter of immigration agents in the state. Local elected officials say they’re not seeing much change in their communities so far.

A Capitol Hill hearing yielded few answers about why the U.S. Department of Justice has excluded Minnesota investigators from probes into the fatal shootings of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The city of Mankato is drafting an emergency ordinance that would hold federal immigration agents carrying out operations more accountable. City officials say they're looking at adopting language that would prohibit officers from wearing masks, while forcing them to have visible identification and wear body cameras.

A new report published by Minnesota Legal Aid out Wednesday shows what seclusion rooms for students with disabilities inside state schools look like. Photos show seclusion rooms as bare cinderblock walls with nothing in them.

Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn posted an update on her health Wednesday following her crash during Olympic downhill competition on Sunday. The Minnesotan says she had a successful third surgery on her broken left leg and she posted a photo of her giving a thumbs-up from her hospital bed, with a metal frame attached to her leg.

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White House official overseeing federal immigration operation in Minnesota set to speak with reporters

Mankato explores ordinance requiring federal agents to demask, wear IDs and body cams

Legal Aid lawyers warn against school seclusion rooms for Minnesota’s youngest learners

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