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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.

As ICE tactics draw Minneapolis protests, people in greater Minnesota offer nuanced views

As ICE tactics draw Minneapolis protests, people in greater Minnesota offer nuanced views

Two weeks after a federal ice agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis, we take the pulse of how folks in outstate Minnesota are feeling about the immigration enforcement actions and the protests against them. For many, they see the issues not as black and white or red and blue, but as shades of gray and nuanced.
by Dan Kraker, Kirsti Marohn, Catharine Richert, Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval and David Schaper

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Central Minnesota nonprofit delivers food, supplies to families in fear of ICE

Central Minnesota nonprofit delivers food, supplies to families in fear of ICE

Fe y Justicia, which is Spanish for “Faith and Justice,” is a faith-based organization that serves the Latino and immigrant community in central Minnesota. For the past couple of weeks, it’s been organizing an effort to collect donations and deliver groceries and other supplies to families in need.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Doctors warn ICE presence is harming patient care across Minnesota

Dozens of physicians from across Minnesota say patients are suffering due to the presence of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in hospitals and clinics.
by Erica Zurek

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DOJ investigating after ICE protest at St. Paul church. An expert breaks down laws at play

DOJ investigating after ICE protest at St. Paul church. An expert breaks down laws at play

The Department of Justice said it is looking at violations of the FACE Act following protesters entering Cities Church in St. Paul and disrupting a service on Sunday. It’s also looking to at the possibility of charging journalist Don Lemon, who reported on the protest, with the KKK Act.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill. Passed by Congress, the bill Trump signed into law has fueled an unprecedented buildup of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and beyond.
by The Associated Press

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Bovino defends immigration surge tactics, deflects questions of abuse

Bovino defends immigration surge tactics, deflects questions of abuse

This story includes live updates from Jan. 20, 2026: U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino blamed “anarchists” along with Walz and Frey during a press conference on Tuesday for the violence that’s gripped the state for the past six weeks.
by MPR News Staff

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Christian leaders urge protecting worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service

Christian leaders urge protecting worshippers’ rights after protesters interrupt service

Several faith leaders are urgently calling for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants. That's after a group of anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted Sunday service at a Southern Baptist church in St. Paul.
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