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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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How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation

How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation

Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.
by Jasmine Garsd and Sarah Ventre

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Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation in Minnesota after shooting

Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation in Minnesota after shooting

More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies including Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth signed an open letter posted on the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce website on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together.
by The Associated Press

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Shooting witness accounts added to legal cases challenging federal operation in Minnesota

Shooting witness accounts added to legal cases challenging federal operation in Minnesota

Details of Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in south Minneapolis — including two eyewitness accounts — are now part of the ongoing court cases seeking to curtail or end the surge of federal agents in Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Some Republicans call for investigation after fatal shooting in Minneapolis

Some Republicans call for investigation after fatal shooting in Minneapolis

A handful of Republicans called for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, an early sign that the accounting of events by President Donald Trump's administration may face bipartisan scrutiny.
by The Associated Press

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Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting

Judge grants order barring feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order barring federal officials from destroying or altering evidence related to Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
by Andrew Krueger

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Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota

Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota

Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
by The Associated Press

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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.
by MPR News Staff

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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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