Minnesota sues Trump administration to block surge of federal immigration agents

Stop the ICE reign of terror in Minnesota!

In the week following the January 7 murder of Renée Nicole Good, Minneapolis has been occupied by thousands of federal paramilitary forces operating under the direction of the president.

ICE in Minnesota - Day 44: Community Calls for Walkout Day Next Friday, Protests Continue

Minneapolis, MN — The grinding occupation of the metro area by thousands of federal agents continues. While events have formed a virtual blizzard this recap aims to show the major trends going on and key developments on frontlines. Here’s what’s been going on in the last few days – as updates come in Wednesday they will be added at the top of this report. To chronologically organize local news events we are counting days since December 2, which …

ICE occupation, unlike Floyd protests, is an intentional disruption

In the summer of 2020, at the peak of the unrest following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, my St. Paul neighborhood was on edge. Our sense of safety had evaporated overnight, and I recall being particularly concerned about trucks and SUVs without license plates appearing in my neighborhood. They fueled rumors about out-of-town, right-wing instigators intending to terrorize people, and for a few days, like many people,…

ICE Drags Protestor From Her Car, Rioters Swarm Agents In Chaotic Sequence

Federal agents forcibly removed a woman from her car Tuesday after she allegedly blocked an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, just days after another standoff ended with the fatal shooting of a mother of three who drove her vehicle at an ICE agent. Video from the scene shows the unidentified driver stopping her black sedan across multiple lanes of traffic as anti-ICE agitators flooded the street, effectively trapping federal vehi…

The Minneapolis Mayor Who Cursed Out ICE Is No Stranger to Crisis

Jacob Frey, only days into his third term as mayor of Minneapolis, stepped to a microphone last week hours after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on the south side of town. Federal officials were defending the shooting. The mayor was having none of it. Mr. Frey, a Democrat, called the federal government’s self-defense claim “bullshit.” He told ICE to “get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” And he asked resid…

States sue Trump administration days after fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting

Minnesota and Illinois filed separate federal lawsuits Monday challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement operations, alleging constitutional violations and claiming federal agents have terrorized communities across both states. Minnesota’s lawsuit, filed jointly with the municipalities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, targets “Operation Metro Surge,” which has deployed thousands of Department of Homeland Security agent…