Tom Homan says a small ‘security force’ will remain in Minnesota to respond to ‘agitators’

White House border czar won’t defend Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in interview, but declines to answer questions about her reported relationship with top-ranking official

By John Bowden

Homan tells Minnesota leaders to say 'thank you' instead of demanding reimbursement as ICE operation ends

Minnesota officials demand federal reimbursement after Trump immigration raids reportedly cost Minneapolis more than $200 million, according to Mayor Frey. Border czar says be "grateful."

In Minneapolis, Native American patrols keep watch – and see history repeating: ‘We are still being chased’

The American Indian Movement was established in Minneapolis more than 50 years ago in response to police brutality. After ICE agents flooded the city this winter, neighborhoods reprised citizen patrols Outside the Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop in Minneapolis’s Native American cultural corridor, a group of watchers huddled around a small firepit. Some cuddled into heated camp chairs, as others grasped steaming cups of coffee as they scanned the intersection for ICE agents. A volunteer periodically monitored a local chat group for reports of ICE agents in the area. Foot patrollers equipped with heated handwarmers and orange whistles were dispatched throughout the neighbourhood, and watchers with cars took off in pairs. Continue reading...

By Maanvi Singh, with photographs by Jaida Grey Eagle

Barack Obama publicly states support for anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis

Speaking with progressive YouTuber, former US president stressed ‘unprecedented nature’ of agency’s actions Barack Obama publicly gave his support to demonstrators in Minneapolis for standing up to the “unprecedented nature” of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minnesota. Speaking in an interview with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Saturday, the former president discussed the power that US citizens hold when standing up for the values they believe in and his hopes for the next generation of American leaders. Continue reading...

By Marina Dunbar

US officials announce end of immigration crackdown in Minnesota – video

The White House's border czar, Tom Homan, announced on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was under way and he had proposed that the surge there should conclude. Tim Walz, the state's Democratic governor, told reporters he was 'cautiously optimistic' Trump’s border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’ Continue reading...