By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Brad Heath WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Becky Ringstrom was heading home after following federal immigration officers in her gray Kia SUV in suburban Minneapolis when she was suddenly stopped by unmarked vehicles. At least half a dozen masked officers jumped in to arrest her, one pounding on her … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW Renee Nicole Good’s wife made her first public appearance after the mother of three was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. On Saturday, February 7, Becca Good appeared on stage in front of hundreds of people in Minneapolis who gathered to commemorate Renee’s life. “Renee … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as laborers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant in suburban Minneapolis. They wore high-visibility vests and immaculate white hard hats, he noticed, even when they were parked in their vehicle. His search for the Wisconsin electrician posted on the … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the federal government have until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights advocates seeking to ensure the right to counsel for people detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota, a judge said Friday. Advocates said people held at the facility on the outskirts of Minneapolis … Read more
School drop-off and pick-up in Minneapolis looks a lot different since Immigration and Customs Enforcement came to town. Kate Lundquist, a mother of six and a local teacher, told CNN that these days — as she’s pulling her kids out the door — she finds herself checking to see if her two adopted sons have … Read more
A newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch has issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump after a high-profile Republican loss. In a new editorial, The Wall Street Journal warned Trump that a hard-line immigration strategy promoted by top adviser Stephen Miller is fueling voter backlash. It comes after a Trump-backed candidate for Texas state senate … Read more
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier isn’t opposed to immigration enforcement. She was encouraged by the Republican president’s initial moves in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes. But Niedermeier, 35, has grown increasingly disenchanted with Trump. … Read more
(Corrects by deleting former paragraphs 22-23 with incorrect reference to the fact that the criminal defense attorney Abdikadir Noor is a plaintiff in the civil case) By Brad Brooks and Joseph Axe MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday that he was “playing with fire” for … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW President Donald Trump ran over Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Cabinet meeting on January 29 Trump also made the rare move of refusing questions from the media following the meeting Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s chief White House correspondent, suggested Trump’s actions allowed the administration to avoid addressing the recent DHS … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are growing concerned that immigration enforcement is becoming a political liability in the upcoming midterm elections after two people were killed by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s crackdown in Minneapolis. While few are willing to publicly break with the president, there has been a crescendo of criticism as Republicans push … Read more