During a contentious Senate hearing on Thursday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) admonished Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) for informing residents of his state that the First Amendment grants them the right to protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, baselessly claiming his words led to the killing of two Minneapolis residents.
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White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday morning that “Operation Metro Surge” — the Trump administration’s violent immigration crackdown in Minnesota — would be ending in around a week. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this operation conclude,” Homan said during a press conference. “A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will…
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Top Trump administration officials derailed an investigation into an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good last month, fearing that a probe by federal agents in Minnesota would undermine the White House’s narrative about the killing, according to a New York Times report. Per the report, which cites anonymous sources with knowledge of the inner workings of the inquiry…
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A committee within the Minneapolis City Council has delayed the renewal of liquor licenses for two hotels in the city’s downtown area, citing concerns that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are staying at the hotel during the Trump administration’s ongoing “Operation Metro Surge” immigration raids. The “Committee of the Whole” (a committee that includes every member of the…
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Senate and House minority leaders Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) subtly weakened their already tepid demands for ICE reforms in a press conference on Wednesday — before negotiations with Republicans even started. In a press conference about the Democrats’ demands, the two leaders reiterated their belief that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other…
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“Our days are riding on the learning edge of a whirlwind — crisis management, harm mitigation, helping everyone come to terms with new conditions and new impossible choices that they’re faced with,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom. In this episode of Movement Memos, Fahlstrom and local organizers Jordan and Susan Raffo talk with host Kelly Hayes about community defense in Minneapolis…
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