A newly disclosed government memo grants Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers broader authority to conduct warrantless arrests of people suspected of being in the United States illegally, expanding the circumstances under which agents can bypass standard administrative warrant requirements. The directive, issued Wednesday by acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and …
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The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Pretti was shot Saturday following a heated confrontation between immigration …
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Senate Democrats on Thursday unanimously voted to block a package of six government funding bills, keeping alive the possibility of a partial government shutdown in the coming days as negotiations with the White House continued over restrictions on immigration enforcement. The procedural vote failed 55–45, falling short of the 60 …
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U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday detailed the “common sense” changes they want to implement for federal immigration enforcement, saying reforms must be added to a funding package that needs to become law before the weekend to avoid a partial government shutdown. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said after a closed-door …
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The federal killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this month, captured from multiple angles by witnesses recording on their cell phones, kicked off a dizzying day here and in Washington. Democratic politicians and ordinary Americans reacted with a mix of outrage and incredulousness, backfooting the Trump administration as the …
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A federal immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis man during a protest Saturday, marking the second fatal shooting involving immigration officers in the state this month and intensifying tensions between Minnesota officials and the Trump administration over aggressive federal enforcement tactics. The man, identified by family as Alex …
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A small group of moderate House Democrats broke with their party on Thursday to help Republicans pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, overcoming fierce opposition from most Democrats angered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s aggressive operations in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities. The DHS funding measure …
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A federal judge on Friday sharply limited the tactics federal law enforcement officers may use while policing protests in Minneapolis sparked by the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement resources to the city. In an 83-page order, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez barred federal agents from using pepper spray or …
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A federal immigration agent shot a man Wednesday evening after a scuffle in north Minneapolis, drawing a crowd of protesters blowing whistles and engaging in minor skirmishes with law enforcement who deployed chemical irritants. The shooting comes one week after the killing of Renee Good by federal immigration officer Jonathan …
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Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration to stop its latest immigration enforcement surge, alleging that the increased federal actions are unconstitutional and a violation of federal law. Attorney General Keith Ellison at a Monday press conference called the immigration enforcement surge an “invasion.” “The deployment of …
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Federal immigration authorities intensified a weekslong operation in the Twin Cities over the weekend following the Wednesday killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Residents pushed back, led by a growing network of rapid responders hounding U.S. ICE and Border Patrol vehicles and agents across the metro …
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The Department of Homeland Security has again imposed a requirement that members of Congress provide advance notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities, issuing a new policy designed to sidestep a federal court order that blocked similar restrictions last month. The policy, dated Jan. 8 and submitted Saturday in federal court, …
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An ICE officer fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The deadly confrontation immediately ratcheted up the intensity of what was already a brutal crackdown on Minnesota and its immigrants by the Trump administration — and in a community with …
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A federal judge early Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, issuing an emergency order only hours after she had directed his release from an immigration facility in Pennsylvania. The move marks the latest legal setback in the government’s attempts to deport the 30-year-old, whose case …
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More than one-third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal history, according to newly released internal data that offers one of the clearest views yet of the government’s expanded immigration enforcement strategy. The …
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