US EditionMaking Twin Cities visit, Kristi Noem takes aim at Minnesota leaders
Secretary Noem plans to address ICE enforcement amid DOJ lawsuit accusing Minnesota of sanctuary policies, with ICE averaging over 400 arrests daily nationwide, officials said.
- On Oct. 24, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will travel to Minneapolis to discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and provide an update at the Bishop Henry Whipple Building.
- The DOJ's recent legal action against Minnesota prompted Noem's visit three weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice sued Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul over their "sanctuary policies".
- Protest organizers say they will gather Friday as 50501 plans to protest outside, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports more than 400 arrests per day nationwide.
- Local leaders pushed back, saying Gov. Tim Walz, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul are not violating laws, and Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, joined more than 30 lawsuits.
- Beyond the lawsuit, the administration has targeted Minnesota's voter rolls, transgender policies, and Hennepin County Attorney's plea deal policy, while Prairie Correctional Facility, Appleton, Minnesota, is eyed as an ICE detention expansion site.
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Making Twin Cities visit, Kristi Noem takes aim at Minnesota leaders
On a Friday visit to the Twin Cities touting recent activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took aim at state and local Democratic leaders for not cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Standing with immigration officials behind large bags of methamphetamine, cocaine, and dozens of firearms seized in what ICE said were recent enforcement actions in the Twin …
Kristi Noem says more ICE agents could come to Minneapolis, sparking protests
During her press conference at the Whipple Building in Minneapolis on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem encouraged sheriffs, local governments and small towns to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents because Gov. Tim Walz will not. Noem addressed the room behind a table piled with zip-tied firearms and several plastic bags of methamphetamine, said to be seized from operations conducted by the agencies. Alongside her s…
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem touts enforcement efforts in Minnesota, blasts Gov. Tim Walz
MINNEAPOLIS — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited Minneapolis Friday afternoon, Oct. 24, touting efforts of federal law enforcement operations in Minnesota since President Donald Trump took office. The former South Dakota governor also blasted Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other leaders. “Under the leadership of (Minneapolis) Mayor (Jacob) Frey, under the leadership of Gov. Walz, more violent crimes are being perpetuated …
Homeland Security Secretary Holds Press Conference in Minneapolis on ICE Operations
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference at 5:15 p.m. ET on Oct. 24 in Minneapolis on ICE operations and the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. ...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem assails lack of ICE cooperation during Twin Cities visit
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem decried the lack of local cooperation on immigration enforcement and promised a surge in new agents during a Twin Cities visit on Friday. Speaking at a late afternoon news conference, she blamed Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for an increase of violent crime. She also highlighted federal funding that has been recently approved to hire more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offi…
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