At gunpoint.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. …

Several cars followed officers through south Minneapolis after there were reports of them knocking at homes. Officers stopped their vehicles and ordered activists to come out of a car at gunpoint. Agents told reporters at the scene to stay back and threatened to use pepper spray.
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrests-29ab636ca0f7db5389418463ca8b67c7

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At gunpoint.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. …

Several cars followed officers through south Minneapolis after there were reports of them knocking at homes. Officers stopped their vehicles and ordered activists to come out of a car at gunpoint. Agents told reporters at the scene to stay back and threatened to use pepper spray.
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrests-29ab636ca0f7db5389418463ca8b67c7

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“We learned growing up about a lot of horrible things people have done in history. And there’s a lot of asking yourself, ‘What would I have done if I was in that time period?’” Cory said. “And I found myself asking that a lot – like, what is our obligation to stop things, like these horrible racist attacks on people and frankly what feels like an ethnic cleansing project?”

‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE
By Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/minnesota-twin-cities-ice-protests

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Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
By Reid Forgrave, Susan Du and Christopher Magan
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/no-humanity-detainees-describe-conditions-inside-whipple-federal-building/601566788?utm_source=gift

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Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”

‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
By Reid Forgrave, Susan Du and Christopher Magan
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/no-humanity-detainees-describe-conditions-inside-whipple-federal-building/601566788?utm_source=gift

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Lydia Polgreen: I have never been a fan of the conceit of American journalists covering the United States as if it were a backwater foreign nation, but in Minneapolis last week I could not shake the impulse to compare my experiences in a city I know so well (I spent a chunk of my childhood in the Twin Cities, and my father is from Minneapolis) with my experiences covering civil wars in places like Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka and more. Watching the video of Pretti’s killing, I thought: If this was happening on the streets of any of those places, I would not hesitate to call it an extrajudicial execution by security forces. This is where we are: armed agents of the state killing civilians with an apparent belief in their total impunity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/minneapolis-alex-pretti-ice-shooting.html

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Lydia Polgreen: I have never been a fan of the conceit of American journalists covering the United States as if it were a backwater foreign nation, but in Minneapolis last week I could not shake the impulse to compare my experiences in a city I know so well (I spent a chunk of my childhood in the Twin Cities, and my father is from Minneapolis) with my experiences covering civil wars in places like Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka and more. Watching the video of Pretti’s killing, I thought: If this was happening on the streets of any of those places, I would not hesitate to call it an extrajudicial execution by security forces. This is where we are: armed agents of the state killing civilians with an apparent belief in their total impunity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/minneapolis-alex-pretti-ice-shooting.html

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"Minnesota Guard members will wear neon reflective vests to help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms and will always remain in close contact and proximity to Minneapolis Police officers whom they are supporting."
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/january/national-guard/

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"Minnesota Guard members will wear neon reflective vests to help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms and will always remain in close contact and proximity to Minneapolis Police officers whom they are supporting."
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2026/january/national-guard/

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More Walz: "Tonight I want to share another way you can help.

"Witness. Help us establish a record of exactly what is happening in our communities. You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities.

"So carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.

"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans. Not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."

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More Walz: "Tonight I want to share another way you can help.

"Witness. Help us establish a record of exactly what is happening in our communities. You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities.

"So carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.

"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans. Not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."

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Further Walz: "You are not powerless, you are not helpless, and you certainly are not alone.

"All across Minnesota people are learning about opportunities not just to resist but to help people who are in danger. Thousands upon thousands of
our fellow Minnesotans are going to be relying on mutual aid in the days and weeks to come, and they need our support."

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "News reports simply do not do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities. …

"This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government."

Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGTsYXBWQgU

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Holy mackerel. Joe Thompson quit.

"Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and its reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision.

"Joseph H. Thompson, who was second in command at the U.S. attorney’s office and oversaw a sprawling fraud investigation that has roiled Minnesota’s political landscape, was among those who quit Tuesday, according to three people with knowledge of the decision."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-ice-shooting-renee-good.html

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