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2-year-old detained and sent to Texas with father is reunited with mother

Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant. The girl has been reunited with her mother.
January 24, 2026

FBI agent who tried to investigate ICE officer in Renee Good shooting resigns

She reportedly left her job after bureau leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
January 24, 2026

After 15 days, Hennepin County medical examiner classifies Renee Good’s death as homicide

Homicide means the death came at the hands of another person and does not necessarily mean the person died from a criminal act.
January 23, 2026
Renee Nicole Good stands on a beach at sunset. She wears a red gown and is smiling into the camera.

Thousands of new ICE agents are on patrol. Are they sufficiently trained?

The Department of Homeland Security hired more than 12,000 agents in the past year, faster than any other recruitment effort in its history.
January 22, 2026

Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino seen lobbing smoke canister as agents use chemicals in Minneapolis

At 28th and Blaisdell, a Minnesota Star Tribune photographer captured a close-up of federal agents spraying an irritant in a person’s face. Around the same time, Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino was captured on video tossing a smoke canister.
January 22, 2026

Law firm’s independent autopsy details Renee Good’s injuries

The results are similar to details included in first responder reports released last week.
January 22, 2026

Family recounts being caught in unrest after man is shot by federal agent

The family’s 6-month-old baby was unconscious and foaming at the mouth after federal agents threw tear gas and flash-bangs under their SUV, according to the child’s parents.
January 21, 2026

Minnesota refugees with legal status being detained in sweeping operation

A federal operation launched on Jan. 9 focuses on refugees while a concurrent effort is detaining people who entered the country illegally. Both target Minnesota.
January 21, 2026
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The Trump administration calls them the ‘worst of the worst.’ Here’s what we found.

The federal government has identified only a fraction of the immigrants it has detained. Many have violent criminal records, but few were wanted by police.
January 21, 2026

Minnesotans and ICE alike brace for subzero cold snap

Cold as ICE: There is such a thing as bad weather, and Minnesota has the forecast to prove it.
January 21, 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 a small symbol of anti-ICE activity spread across Twin Cities

From street corners to City Hall, the sight and sound of whistles have become common around the Twin Cities amid the ongoing immigration operation and organized resistance.
January 20, 2026
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