HCMC workers say ICE presence inside the hospital is disrupting care, violating privacy, and deterring patients from seeking medical treatment.
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Pro- and Anti-ICE Demonstrators Clash in Minneapolis as Immigration Enforcement Intensifies
Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators clashed in downtown Minneapolis as federal immigration enforcement expanded across the Twin Cities.
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Federal seizure of couple in Uptown alarms community
A federal immigration stop in Minneapolis sparked outrage after witnesses described a violent confrontation, raising questions about immigration enforcement tactics and sanctuary city policies.
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As ICE actions heat up, leaders limit city’s cooperation
The Minneapolis City Council advanced updates to its separation ordinance to limit cooperation with ICE, strengthen reporting requirements, and reinforce a firewall between immigration enforcement and local policing.
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Residents unite to resist ICE raids
Minneapolis residents are organizing community patrols to push back against ICE presence following increased immigration enforcement across the city.
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Federal ‘POLICE’ raid on St. Paul business creates fear, confusion
Masked federal agents raided the Bro Tex facility in St. Paul without warning, detaining workers and frightening nearby families. City officials say they had no advance notice and stressed that St. Paul police were not involved. Advocates and civil rights groups condemned the use of unidentified agents and the use of force on protesters, warning that the raid eroded public trust and left immigrant and marginalized communities feeling unsafe.
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Immigrants are vital community members
Let’s start acting like it Somewhere between the wrenching ICE raids that tear families from the places they call home and the political battles those raids spark lies a question we have never fully confronted: What does it mean to belong? And what do we owe people who live, work, worship and contribute alongside us […]
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Trump administration sues Minnesota over immigration stance
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and St. Paul over so-called sanctuary policies, alleging they obstruct federal immigration enforcement. Attorney General Keith Ellison and local leaders call the suit an overreach and say community trust and public safety come first.
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Minnesota’s Haitian community at risk for deportation as Trump ends TPS designation
With TPS ending for Haitians, thousands in the U.S. — including longtime Minnesota residents — are facing job loss, deportation, and separation from the only homes they’ve known for over a decade.
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Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ sparks national outrage
The new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility in Florida is raising alarms among advocates nationwide, including here in Minnesota, who warn it may signal a wider expansion of unjust immigrant detention practices.
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ICE detainees face indefinite confinement in Minnesota jails
ICE detainees in Minnesota are being kept in jail long after their immigration cases are resolved. Legal rulings and logistical failures are blocking release — even for those who have already been approved for green cards or deportation.
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Reclaiming Juneteenth in a time of backlash
Cicley Gay of BLM reflects on Juneteenth as a celebration of Black joy and a call to resist erasure. “Freedom includes the right for everyone to play, to dream, and to live fully.”
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Federal checks on children frighten immigrant families
Immigration attorneys report federal agents are showing up unannounced to interview unaccompanied minors in Minnesota. Families and advocates call it invasive, fear-inducing, and harmful.
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The LA conflict is domestic warfare of international import
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) denounces ICE’s militarized raids in Los Angeles and calls on Black communities to reject silence. Their campaign, “No Compromise No Retreat,” links immigrant detention, deportation, and global displacement to broader systems of U.S. imperialism and state violence.
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Federal restaurant raid draws protests, demands
A large-scale federal raid at a Lake Street restaurant has triggered protests and renewed scrutiny of ICE’s role in local law enforcement operations.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty statement on law enforcement action in Minneapolis
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty condemned ICE’s presence in a recent Minneapolis law enforcement action — calling it harmful to immigrant communities.