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    Minnesota leaders decry targeting by US justice department over ICE turmoil

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    Governor Tim Walz says ‘weaponizing the justice system is an authoritarian tactic’ as he and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reportedly will be subpoenaedThe US justice department is investigating Minnesota’s political leaders for allegedly conspiring to obstruct the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown there, according to multiple reports.The investigation, which CBS News first reported, marks an extraordinary use of federal power to challenge two of the crackdown’s most vocal Democratic critics, including the state’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Continue reading… More

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      Judge issues injunction to curb federal agents’ tactics against protesters in Minnesota – as it happened

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      This live blog is now closed.US justice agency to inquire into Minnesota leaders for alleged conspiracy to obstruct ICEIncident reports provide details of emergency response after fatal ICE shooting in MinneapolisTrump began his remarks today by undermining the Affordable Care Act, and touted his newly unveiled “Great Healthcare Plan”.A reminder that Affordable Care Act subsidies, that were extended during the Covid pandemic, expired at the end of last year, and legislation to revive them has stalled in Congress. Continue reading… More

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      ‘I couldn’t save my husband’: the Minnesota families ripped apart by ICE

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      Family members left stunned and bereft after their loved ones were spirited away by federal immigration agentsPeople in Minneapolis and St Paul: what is life like in the Twin Cities right now?Paulo Sosa Garcia and Ramona Cecilia Silva were heading to work in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, on Monday morning when federal immigration agents pulled them over and arrested them. By the next morning, they were detained in El Paso, Texas.Tomas Martinez Gregorio was driving his wife, Daisy Martinez, and their six-year-old son, Jayren, to a hospital in Brooklyn Park when federal agents pulled them over and took Gregorio. Jayren never made it to his tonsillectomy appointment. Continue reading… More

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      Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t | Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel

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      As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiryLast Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old American mother. Already, the federal investigation into the killing raises serious concerns, which is why the parallel investigation Minnesota officials are conducting is vital.Mere hours after Good’s death, the Trump administration prejudged the case before any investigation could begin. The administration was swift to blame the victim, with the president and the DHS secretary making disparaging, accusatory, and prejudicial statements about her motives and conduct; Donald Trump said she was a “professional agitator” who had “viciously” run over the officer, while Kristi Noem accused her of “domestic terrorism”. Additionally, JD Vance, the vice-president, incorrectly claimed the shooter had “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution by state officials. And the FBI has shut state investigators out. Continue reading… More

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      Minnesota sues Trump administration to end surge of ICE agents in state

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      Lawsuit comes in the aftermath of an ICE agent fatally shooting Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole GoodThe Minnesota attorney general, Keith Ellison, announced a lawsuit on Monday against the federal government, seeking to end the surge of ICE agents in the state.The lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials comes in the aftermath of an ICE agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good behind the wheel of her vehicle last week, leading to protests across the city and the country. Continue reading… More

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      Thousands protest in Minneapolis over fatal ICE shooting – video

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      Thousands of people protested in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the weekend to decry the fatal shooting of 37‑year‑old Renee Good by a US immigration agent, one of more than 1,000 rallies planned nationwide against the federal government’s deportation drive. Demonstrators marched towards the residential street where Good was shot in her car and mourned at a makeshift memorial‘Hundreds more’ federal agents being deployed in Minnesota after killing of Renee Good – US politics live Continue reading… More