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With ICE officers in masks and in city spaces, St. Paul City Council looks at beefing up its separation ordinance
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (896+ words) Front-line workers at St. Paul's libraries and recreation centers are trained to get their supervisor if federal immigration officers show up, but with the surge of ICE to Minnesota, a city council member questioned Wednesday if they'd have time. "At…...
ICE arrested dozens of refugees in Minnesota and sent them to Texas, lawyers say
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (475+ words) Federal immigration agents in recent days have arrested dozens of refugees in Minnesota who had passed security screenings before being admitted to the United States, according to their lawyers and immigrant rights advocates. Citizenship and Immigration Services did not respond…...
Coon Rapids man killed in North St. Paul; St. Paul man in custody
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (167+ words) A Coon Rapids man was shot and killed Saturday morning in North St. Paul and another man is being held in connection with the slaying, police said on Tuesday. A press release gave the following details: Officers responded at about…...
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief spotted in Midway Target
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (757+ words) A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week. And on Sunday, in St. Paul's Frogtown, video showed federal agents leaving a…...
4-year prison term for Minneapolis man who shot at vehicles during separate St. Paul road rage incidents
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (631+ words) A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to four years in prison for shooting a gun at other motorists in two separate road rage incidents in St. Paul, including one that involved another vehicle with children inside. James Allen Ameer Smith,…...
State, MSP mayors allege ‘federal invasion’ in lawsuit against Trump administration
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (898+ words) Citing warrantless arrests, detentions of U.S. citizens based on race and accent, and the "unlawful deployment of thousands of armed, masked, and poorly trained federal agents," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul Monday to…...
Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (754+ words) By REBECCA SANTANA, MARK VANCLEAVE and STEVE KARNOWSKI The state, joined by Minneapolis and St. Paul, said the Department of Homeland Security is violating the First Amendment and other constitutional protections. The lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to halt…...
Double-decker downtown: Your guide to every lunch spot in the St. Paul skyways
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (580+ words) In today's restaurant culture, between breakfast cafes and neighborhood dinner joints, a good lunch can be hard to come by. But if there's one place that's arguably designed around serving lunch, it's the downtown skyways. Over the past six months…...
Double-decker downtown: Cycling Museum of Minnesota brings over a century of two-wheeled history to the skyway
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (578+ words) When Juston Anderson was growing up, the bus stop was right in front of his house. Kids from around the neighborhood would ride their bikes over, and while they waited for the bus, they'd tinker with the mechanics. "When I…...
Double-decker downtown: Walking through the past, present, and future lives of St. Paul skyways
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (1804+ words) Before walking around the skyways, some neighborhood gossip is in order. At 9 a.m. every Tuesday, a group of downtown residents gathers for a stroll through their neighborhood's second-floor walkway network. The walking route starts at U.S. Bank Center and goes, well, wherever…...