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Minnesota AG Releases Consumer Alert On ICE Surveillance Tools
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison urges residents to report federal surveillance impacts amid a lawsuit against Operation Metro Surge involving 2,000 ICE and CBP agents.
- On Thursday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a consumer alert and launched an online form at ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action to collect verified reports of ICE surveillance impacts.
- Following a shooting in north Minneapolis, the alert responds to reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses surveillance from online activity, apps, devices amid recent weeks of enforcement.
- To protect privacy, Ellison's office advised Minnesotans to disable location services and use privacy-focused browsers while noting the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act grants data deletion rights.
- Ellison said submissions may support Minnesota's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, urging detailed firsthand reports to aid court efforts to end Operation Metro Surge.
- Since President Donald Trump's inauguration last year, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office has filed or signed on to more than 50 lawsuits, while state investigators were shut out of federal probes as DHS defended its officers' authority.
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Minnesota attorney general releases consumer alert on federal digital surveillance
ST. PAUL — Minnesota Attorney General Ellison has released the following consumer alert on how Minnesotans can protect their digital privacy from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents. Ellison urges the people of Minnesota to take steps to protect themselves online “from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness,” according to the news release. Is ICE using surveillance tools to track people? There are media reports that Immigra…
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