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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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Alex Pretti remembered as kind, competent and quiet

Alex Pretti remembered as kind, competent and quiet

Alex Pretti, 37, a U.S. citizen who worked for the Veterans Administration, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents Saturday. People who knew him were stunned.
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Minnesotans react to second fatal shooting by a federal agent

Minnesotans react to second fatal shooting by a federal agent

MPR News hosts Catharine Richert and Clay Masters talk about the second fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal agent tied to what the Trump administration says is federal immigration enforcement.   
by Catharine Richert, Clay Masters and Cari Dwyer

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Pain, anger, action in Twin Cities after a second fatal shooting by a federal agent

Pain, anger, action in Twin Cities after a second fatal shooting by a federal agent

Alex Pretti, 37, was the man fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday morning. Gov. Tim Walz called federal claims of what happened at the scene “nonsense” and “lies” and said the state’s judicial system “will have the last word.” State agents said the feds denied them access to the scene even after investigators got a search warrant signed by a judge.
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Church protesters freed as White House circulates fake arrest image

Church protesters freed as White House circulates fake arrest image

Activists Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen and William Kelly were released after ICE-related arrests in St. Paul, as the White House posted a doctored arrest photo.
by Matt Sepic

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Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest

Witnesses say they begged ICE agents not to detain Minnesota 5-year-old after father's arrest

People who saw federal agents detain 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Columbia Heights pushed back against claims by ICE and Vice President JD Vance that the child was abandoned, saying neighbors and school officials begged agents to let the child enter the home to join his mother or be released to the school.
by Elizabeth Shockman and Cait Kelley

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Across Minnesota, many businesses closed Friday to protest ICE action

Across Minnesota, many businesses closed Friday to protest ICE action

Minnesota labor unions, community activists and faith leaders are organizing the economic blackout, dubbed “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom.”
by Kirsti Marohn

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Struggling Lake Street businesses prepare for statewide economic blackout

Struggling Lake Street businesses prepare for statewide economic blackout

The Lake Street Council’s director of operations outlined the challenges some businesses are facing ahead of what’s being called a “general strike” scheduled for Friday.
by Nina Moini, Alanna Elder and Ellen Finn

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Central Minnesota nonprofit leader working to get her brother released from detention

Central Minnesota nonprofit leader working to get her brother released from detention

The brother of an immigrant advocate in central Minnesota was arrested by ICE and sent to a detention center in El Paso, Texas. He has no criminal record besides minor traffic violations.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Vance calls for more local cooperation for ICE surge, defends agents' tactics

Vance calls for more local cooperation for ICE surge, defends agents' tactics

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said more state, local and federal cooperation could “tone down the temperature” during the federal government’s immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities. But he also blamed Minnesota officials for the problems and defended the tactics of federal agents.
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