Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced their resignations this week after learning there would be no federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration agent, according to six people briefed on the matter. At least six prosecutors …
Read More »ICE intensifies Twin Cities operation after killing of Renee Good, protests
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 …
Read More »Walz Orders MN National Guard to prepare for possible deployment following ICE killing
Gov. Tim Walz issued an order for the Minnesota National Guard to prepare to be deployed if necessary following the killing of a 37-year-old woman by a federal immigration agent Wednesday. Dozens of members of the State Patrol’s response team have also been activated to respond to possible unrest, Walz …
Read More »ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Driver Through Car Window in Minneapolis
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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