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Minnesota ACLU: Local jurisdictions have the right to not cooperate with immigration enforcement

Minnesota ACLU: Local jurisdictions have the right to not cooperate with immigration enforcement

During President Donald Trump’s first week in office, his new Department of Justice announced plans to potentially criminally prosecute local and state officials who fail to “comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.”
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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 How the Trump administration is altering U.S. immigration policy

 How the Trump administration is altering U.S. immigration policy

MPR News guest host Catharine Richert and her guests talk about the slew of orders President Trump issued last week that have dramatically altered the United States’ approach to immigration policy.
by Catharine Richert and Cari Dwyer

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DeSantis faces pushback by fellow Republicans on his call for an immigration session

DeSantis faces pushback by fellow Republicans on his call for an immigration session

Republican leaders in the state legislature say they support President Donald Trump's pledge to combat illegal immigration but want to deal with it and other issues identified by DeSantis on their schedule, not his.
by Greg Allen

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Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown

Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.
by Brian Mann

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Advocates remember 25 Minnesotans killed in connection with domestic violence

Advocates remember 25 Minnesotans killed in connection with domestic violence

Family, friends and advocates gathered in St. Paul Friday to remember 25 people killed in connection with domestic violence last year. Violence Free Minnesota, a coalition of groups working to end domestic violence, puts on the event every year to commemorate Minnesotans killed the year before.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Top Minnesota attorney: Birthright citizenship suit against Trump just the beginning

Top Minnesota attorney: Birthright citizenship suit against Trump just the beginning

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship two days after Minnesota joined 21 other states in a lawsuit to challenge it. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison discussed his strategy.
by Cathy Wurzer and Megan Burks

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Trump order halting refugee resettlement disrupting Minnesota agencies’ efforts

Trump order halting refugee resettlement disrupting Minnesota agencies’ efforts

Officials with refugee resettlement agencies in Minnesota say Trump’s executive order halting the Refugee Admissions Program is disrupting efforts to bring people facing strife in their home countries to the U.S. and to the state.
by Sarah Thamer

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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
by The Associated Press

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