US EditionTensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off
Minnesota and its cities filed suit to stop a surge of over 2,000 federal immigration officers, citing constitutional violations and a chilling effect on residents' free speech.
- On Monday, the State of Minnesota joined Minneapolis and St. Paul in suing the Trump administration to restrict federal enforcement tactics, alleging the Department of Homeland Security violated constitutional protections.
- The Department of Homeland Security pledged to deploy more than 2,000 federal immigration officers into Minnesota in what ICE called its largest enforcement operation ever, following the fatal shooting of Renee Good that sparked protests.
- Federal agents fired tear gas in Minneapolis as crowds gathered and later clashed near the federal building in the Twin Cities, with confrontations stretching across multiple cities on Monday.
- Plaintiffs argue the campaign chilled free speech and made residents of the Twin Cities afraid to leave home, seeking remedies for those constitutional harms under the First Amendment.
- The federal government also faces a similar lawsuit in Illinois, while Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin accused Minnesota officials of ignoring public safety in response to Monday’s suit.
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Minnesota Democrats are trying to establish their state as an open borders sanctuary where the federal government cannot enforce federal law and deport some of the most despicable criminals who are illegally in the country, all because a woman was shot when she tried to run over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Minnesota, joined by Illinois, filed a lawsuit labeling immigration enforcement as “assault” and seeking to restrict the …
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Independent EspañolBy REBECCA SANTANA, MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was a tense atmosphere in Minnesota on Tuesday, after several days of demonstrations against immigration agents. Federal authorities used tear gas on Monday to disperse crowds of whistle-blower activists, and state and local leaders filed a lawsuit to combat the immigration raid campaign that led to the lethal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. Confrontations between f…
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Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off
Days of demonstrations against immigration agents and a new lawsuit have left Minnesota tense. Federal authorities used tear gas on Monday to break up crowds of whistle-blowing activists.
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