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Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home
Federal judge ruled detention improper amid Minnesota crackdown that led to over 2,500 arrests, highlighting protests against aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
- Friday, video showed federal officers battering Garrison Gibson's Minneapolis door before he was flown to a Texas immigration detention facility, according to his cousin.
- The Department of Homeland Security called the Minnesota operation its largest yet, deploying more than 2,000 federal officers, while Gibson faces deportation due to a 2008 drug conviction and remains under an order of supervision.
- Immigration authorities briefly detained Gibson on Friday during a routine check-in, Abena Abraham said ICE told her, and the White House denied the claim.
- At a news conference, Gibson said 'I don't leave the house' and noted he has checked in for 17 years while his family spent $700 fixing the door with a dumbbell.
- The crackdown has stoked daily protests across the Twin Cities and involved aggressive tactics, including a Jan. 7 confrontation that fatally shot Renee Good, while a federal judge limited officers' ability to detain or use tear gas on peaceful observers.
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Man freed after Minneapolis immigration raid says he now fears leaving home
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who fled civil war in Liberia as a child said Saturday that he has been afraid to leave his Minneapolis home since being released from an immigration detention center following his arrest during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown.
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