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What does community safety look like with thousands of federal agents on Minneapolis streets? WCCO sat down with Todd Barnette, the city's community safety commissioner, to hear how the city is handling the surge of federal agents.
Tom Homan said hundreds of agents would leave the city following ‘unprecedented’ cooperation with local officials.
Anti-ICE activists allegedly set up unauthorized checkpoints in Minneapolis, stopping cars and questioning drivers to identify federal immigration agents.
Ta’Khya, a junior, lives near where ICE agents shot and wounded a Venezuelan man in the leg in mid-January, and she recalled how helicopters circled overhead that night, while unmarked vehicles roamed the streets.
All Homeland Security officers on the ground in Minneapolis will be issued body cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday.
The Nation, a progressive magazine, formally nominated the city for its residents' resistance to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
In an exclusive interview with Tom Llamas, President Trump says he learned from Minneapolis that “maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch. But you still have to be tough.” He also addressed the FBI raids on a Fulton County election center and his recent comments calling to ‘nationalize’ elections.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action on liquor license renewal requests by two downtown hotels because they're housing ICE agents.