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Twin Cities Win JFK Library Award for Resisting ICE Crackdown
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (347+ words) Numerous recipients of the award over the past several years have received the honor for their resistance against Trump. On Thursday, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced that the people of Minnesota's Twin Cities will receive the Profiles in Courage…...
Footage Contradicts DHS Claim of Dropping Refugee at “Safe Location” in Buffalo
3+ week, 4+ day ago (912+ words) They abandoned him in the parking lot of a closed Tim Hortons in the middle of a winter evening," noted an observer. Surveillance footage taken at a Tim Hortons donut shop in Buffalo, New York contradicts the US Department of…...
Minneapolis City Council Delays Liquor Licenses for 2 Hotels Hosting ICE Agents
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (519+ words) Residents have shared stories of abusive actions and drunk driving by off-duty ICE agents at the hotels. A committee within the Minneapolis City Council has delayed the renewal of liquor licenses for two hotels in the city's downtown area, citing…...
Minneapolis Mayor Warns of “Invasion” as More ICE Horror Stories Emerge
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (652+ words) Nurses are raising red flags about a man who was treated for a shattered skull after an encounter with ICE agents. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is warning that the Trump administration has crossed a "terrifying line" with its use of…...
Ecuador Foreign Ministry Slams ICE for Trying to Enter Consulate in Minneapolis
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) Ecuador's Foreign Ministry filed a formal note of protest on Tuesday after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent tried to enter the South American nation's consulate in Minneapolis before being stopped by a staffer inside the building. In…...
Minneapolis’s 2020 Uprising Laid an Abolitionist Groundwork for ICE Resistance
2+ mon, 1+ hour ago (722+ words) Video taken by bystanders shows agents wrestling the man to the ground and beating him before firing multiple shots. Federal immigration officers shot a third person in Minneapolis in as many weeks, according to video posted to social media and…...
With Twin Cities Under Siege by ICE, Minnesota Moves Toward a General Strike
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (400+ words) An economic blackout on January 23 could be the first general strike in Minnesota since in nearly 100 years. There is a general strike on the horizon in Minneapolis. More than 50 Minnesota labor unions, nonprofits, and other community organizations have signed onto…...
ICE Violently Targets Legal Observers and Community Members in Minneapolis
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1779+ words) This comes as the Pentagon has placed 1,500 soldiers on standby for a possible deployment to Minnesota. Indigenous residents have also been detained. "Nobody is more American than the American Indian," Oglala Sioux attorney Chase Iron Eyes told Democracy Now!, adding…...
Minnesota, Illinois File Separate Lawsuits to Halt DHS Operations
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (807+ words) Both lawsuits allege the Trump administration is violating the states" and cities" rights to self-governance. Two U.S. states and their respective largest metropolitan areas have filed lawsuits seeking to block the Trump administration"s anti-immigration activities there, alleging that immigration officials…...