Deena Winter
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Deena Winter is Minneapolis City Hall reporter for the Star Tribune.
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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge
It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.
February 6, 2026
Minneapolis City Council votes to spend $1 million to help people pay rent amid immigration surge
Despite concern about the city’s finances, the council voted to dig into its cash balance to help renters as eviction filings spike statewide.
February 5, 2026
Minneapolis council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
February 4, 2026
Another wave of departures in Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office
14 attorneys have left this year, which prosecutors are calling unprecedented.
February 3, 2026
Mayor Jacob Frey to speak to U.S. mayors, lawmakers to urge end to ICE’s unlawful tactics
The Minneapolis mayor will meet with U.S. senators and mayors to push for an end to Operation Metro Surge.
January 29, 2026
Minnesota elected officials talk immigration crackdown at CNN town hall
While the event offered calm compared to the inflamed recent rhetoric, the fundamental partisan fault lines remained.
January 29, 2026
Vance, Trump and Frey trade barbs on immigration over social media
After a “cordial conversation,” President Trump slammed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey again, and Vice President JD Vance joined in on social media.
January 28, 2026
Editor's Pick
Violent crime is down in Minneapolis, but police overtime is up amid ICE surge
The department logged about $3 million in overtime for five days in which officers’ days off had to be canceled.
January 24, 2026
ICE says it has arrested 10,000 ‘criminal illegal aliens’ in Minnesota, but offers little proof
If accurate, that total would represent a substantial share of the state’s undocumented immigrants.
January 23, 2026
Minnesota prisons chief accuses Homeland Security of peddling ‘misinformation’ on ICE surge
Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell offered video evidence to refute DHS claims, suggesting it’s spreading “pure propaganda.”
January 23, 2026
Federal prosecutors subpoena offices of Minnesota governor, mayors, prosecutors over ICE crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice delivered subpoenas to offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors Tuesday.
January 20, 2026
‘How lonely the job is’: Trailblazer Andrea Jenkins looks back on her time at Minneapolis City Hall
The nation’s first Black trans person elected to public office, Jenkins reflects on her accomplishments and the current acrimony.
January 10, 2026
