Immigration enforcement in Minnesota

MPR News is tracking federal immigration actions across Minnesota — from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and policy changes to community impact and your rights.

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Minnesota parents look for ways to help kids cope and process ICE trauma and chaos
As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues across Minnesota, parents are increasingly worried about what their children, even preschoolers, might be seeing and hearing, and the harm the chaos and trauma may do to their mental and emotional well-being.
Neighbors: Blockades are pop-up parties that also slow down ICE agents
Organizers are trying a new tactic to slow and deter federal agents from entering city neighborhoods: pop-up block parties in the middle of city streets. Tom Homan, the Trump administration border czar, calls the attempts by residents to prevent his ICE agents from doing their jobs “a joke.”
Amid the ICE crackdown: How artists are responding to this moment
How are artists responding to the continued presence of federal immigration enforcement? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a poet, a ceramic artist and a graphic artist about what they’re seeing, feeling and creating in this moment. 
Minnesota is at the center of a federal ICE operation and some people are responding as protesters, volunteers or legal observers. MPR News host Catharine Richert and her guests talk about what the tactics reveal about the future of protests.
Two Minnesota boys from Liam Ramos’ school released from ICE custody
The siblings from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights elementary school were detained last week and returned to Minnesota Wednesday. District officials, though, warn they’ve lost contact with other students who may be in ICE detention.