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Record high demand for food aid as Minnesotans make 9 million visits to food shelves in 2025

Record high demand for food aid as Minnesotans make 9 million visits to food shelves in 2025

Minnesotans made more than 9 million visits to food shelves last year. That's nearly triple the number of visits in 2019, and demand will likely continue to soar as stricter work requirements for federal food assistance could force thousands to lose their SNAP benefits.
by Hannah Yang

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How to fix our broken immigration system

Immigration is a divisive issue — but everyone agrees on one thing: The system we have right now is broken. Kerri Miller talks with two immigration experts on what a functioning system might look like.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Judge finds 'troubling' evidence ICE agents stopped people based on racial, ethnic identity

Judge finds 'troubling' evidence ICE agents stopped people based on racial, ethnic identity

A federal judge found evidence to support claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents racially profiled Minnesota residents. However, he denied a request to order ICE to stop using those practices while a lawsuit against the agency continues. 
by Sarah Thamer

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Bill looks to codify into state law right to education regardless of immigration status

Bill looks to codify into state law right to education regardless of immigration status

A 1982 Supreme Court ruling made it unconstitutional to deny students based on immigration status. A state bill would enshrine that right into state law, out of concern that the Supreme Court ruling could be overturned.
by Chris Farrell and Ngoc Bui

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Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. 
by The Associated Press

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How historians are documenting ICE enforcement in Minnesota

How historians are documenting ICE enforcement in Minnesota

As more federal officers leave the state, the Morning Edition team wondered how historians might document this moment. The Minnesota Historical Society’s Director of Collections, Cecily Marcus, joined Cathy Wurzer with answers.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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ICE surge tests relations between St. Cloud police, community

ICE surge tests relations between St. Cloud police, community

At an annual meeting to review the city’s longstanding community policing agreement, St. Cloud Police Chief Jeff Oxton fielded questions about why his department didn’t do more to stop federal agents who may have violated laws or civil rights.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Man released from ICE custody felt stuck while waiting for return of ID, work permit

Man released from ICE custody felt stuck while waiting for return of ID, work permit

Yeferson Gonzalez Contreras was released after five months in ICE detention without his work permit and identification, which prevented him from working or moving around freely for weeks.
by Sarah Thamer

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The latest on ICE in Minnesota

The latest on ICE in Minnesota

Updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota from the peak of “Operation Metro Surge.”

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