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Misinformation about ICE authority has spread widely online. Federal law allows ICE to detain, arrest, and use force under defined conditions, and misunderstanding those powers can lead to dangerous real-world consequences.
Minneapolis is at the center of sweeping, evolving federal immigration push. It demonstrates how different immigration enforcement is under Trump's second administration - and raises questions about the lingering effects on local communities and law enforcement.
The Daily Yonder reports DHS is incentivizing local police to enforce immigration laws through reimbursements under the 287(g) program, raising concerns about priorities.
Missouri law enforcement agencies continue to expand their participation in a federal immigration enforcement partnership more than nine months after the state first moved to align itself with President Donald Trump’s directive to broaden cooperation with U.
Democrats who backed the "sanctuary" state bill said allowing local police to cooperate with ICE operations makes communities less safe because it dissuades people from reporting crime for fear of deportation.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday ordered that U.S. immigration agents deployed en masse to Minneapolis be restricted in some of the tactics they have taken against peaceful demonstrators and observers, including arrests and tear-gassing.
Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday.
The two federal immigration agencies operate under Homeland Security but have separate jurisdictions and responsibilities, according to ICE's website.
MPR News is tracking federal immigration actions across Minnesota — from Immigration an Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and policy changes to community impact and your rights.
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US House Democrats convene hearing in Minnesota as immigration crackdown in the state continues
More than two dozen U.S. House Democrats convened in St. Paul on Friday for an unofficial Congressional hearing on the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents in Minnesota,
Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe criticized the Trump administration for its handling of immigration enforcement following the shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis.
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.