Immigration enforcement in Minnesota

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Minneapolis Public Schools works to reenroll students dropped during ICE surge
In Minnesota, students who miss 15 consecutive days of school are dropped from enrollment in a district. MPS Director of Student Retention and Recovery Colleen Kaibel said there are multiple factors impacting absenteeism and enrollment in the district.
'The kids are not alright': After ICE surge and Annunciation school shooting, how can we help kids heal?
A Minneapolis woman is going viral after overhearing two children at the playground talk about their experiences with trauma. One, a survivor of the Annunciation school shooting. The other, whose father was taken by ICE.
Minnesota hospitality and tourism business is down in part due to immigration enforcement
Hospitality and tourism businesses in Minnesota provided insight on how they fared this winter through the latest Minneapolis Fed regional economic conditions survey.
Minneapolis releases video that undermines ICE claims about non-fatal shooting
Video released Monday by the city of Minneapolis appears to further undermine the federal government’s initial claims that on the night of Jan. 14, an agent was attacked by three men and beaten with a shovel and broom.
St. Paul police arrest protester on Easter Sunday outside Cities Church
A police spokesperson said officers arrested the woman for disrupting a religious service Sunday morning. Fellow protesters said police arrested the woman after she complied with all their orders.
Half of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deported
The federal government moved at a rapid pace to deport nearly 1,700 people picked up during a surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota this winter, according to data analyzed by APM Reports and MPR News.
Minnesotans challenge warrantless ICE raids in new lawsuit
Six Minnesotans filed suit Thursday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, alleging agents unlawfully entered homes without judicial warrants.
Lawyer says government trying to detain Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, again
A Department of Justice attorney filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas San Antonio Division. An attorney for the family suspects the government’s action as ‘retaliatory.’