Immigration enforcement in Minnesota

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Minnesota's construction industry is feeling the impact of ICE
The construction industry is taking a hit from immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the impact of workers staying home, short-staffed subcontractors and how its affecting the building trades.
An 18-month-old girl detained for weeks by U.S. immigration authorities was returned to custody and denied medication after being hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.
No, that wasn’t Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
A publicist for Bad Bunny confirmed to NPR that the little boy in a blue bunny hat detained by ICE in Minneapolis last month did not participate in the Super Bowl halftime show.
The children of Dilley
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
Bad Bunny halftime show lifts and gives hope to Latino Minnesotans at a difficult time
Latino Minnesotans hosted dance parties and played Bad Bunny music before the Puerto Rican artists’ highly anticipated and politically controversial Superbowl halftime show on Sunday. Some say they appreciate Bad Bunny for using his platform to criticize recent ICE actions, and he gives them hope in a trying time.
Poetry, music and snow sculptures: Minneapolis artists honor 'victims of ICE'
2024 Minneapolis Poet Laureate Heid E. Erdrich and various snow sculptors hosted a ceremony and vigil Saturday evening for “victims of ICE,” including the debut of a poem by Erdrich honoring Renee Macklin Good. The Luminary Loppet took place the same evening nearby on Lake of the Isles, bringing the beauty of this seasonal tradition during ugly times in the Twin Cities.
Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota
As the sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota continues, legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists.