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MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the Trump administration’s announcement that it is ending what it calls “Operation Metro Surge,” which sent thousands of federal immigration officers to Minnesota.
And they heard from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who said he’ll back an aid package to support small businesses hurt by the federal immigration actions during the past two months.
Guests:
Brian Bakst is the MPR News politics editor.
Dana Ferguson is a politics reporter for MPR News.
Michael Lansing is a professor of history of Augsburg University who studies the history of policing in Minneapolis. He is also the author of the forthcoming book, “A Police State: Politics and Public Safety in Minneapolis, 1945-2020.”
Zachary Aaker is an immigration attorney at Martin Law in Bloomington, Minn.
Brenda Lewis is the superintendent of Fridley Public Schools.
Zena Stenvik is the superintendent of Columbia Heights Public Schools.
Duchess Harris is chair of the history department and is affiliated with the American studies and political science departments at Macalester College.
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