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More Than $300K Raised to Help 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE

Community donations surge to cover legal costs for Liam's release

(Newser) - Donations for Liam Ramos, the Minnesota kindergartner now being held in a Texas immigration lockup had surged past $300,000 as of early Monday. A GoFundMe titled "Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home" was launched by organizer Sarai Orquiz, who says she set it up at the request of the...

Schumer Says Democrats Won't Approve DHS Funding

Partial government shutdown is possible after minority leader argues bill doesn't do enough to curb ICE

(Newser) - Senate Democrats are moving to block a Homeland Security funding bill after the second fatal immigration-related shooting in Minneapolis this month. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said his caucus will not supply the votes needed to advance a package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, arguing...

NBA Postpones Game After Minneapolis Shooting

ICE-involved fatality occurred near where the Timberwolves play

(Newser) - Saturday's violence in Minneapolis rippled into the NBA: The league postponed a game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors in the name of safety, reports the AP . The two teams will play Sunday instead. The league said the decision was made to "prioritize the safety and...

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing
Videos Undercut DHS Version
of Minneapolis Killing
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Jan 24, 2026 5:00 PM CST

Videos Undercut DHS Version of Minneapolis Killing

Trump blames local officials, who tell the administration to get agents out of Minnesota

(Newser) - Videos showing the killing by federal agents Saturday of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse protesting ICE's actions in Minneapolis, appear to contradict Homeland Security officials' account of the confrontation. Federal officials said Pretti was approaching Border Patrol agents with a handgun and intended to "massacre"...

Protester Killed in Minneapolis Was a Nurse and a US Citizen

Alex Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, police chief says

(Newser) - The parents of a man fatally shot by federal officers while protesting in Minneapolis on Saturday identified him as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Pretti was a US citizen and Minneapolis resident who worked as a nurse in a Veterans Affairs intensive care unit. "He cared...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

There's a Reason Minn. National Guard Now Wears Neon Vests

Reflective vests aim to distinguish Guard from militarized federal officers for ICE, other agencies

(Newser) - Minnesota's citizen-soldiers may soon look less like troops and more like school crossing guards, at least the way Fast Company is framing it. State officials now say that, if the Minnesota National Guard is officially activated around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, members will don bright reflective vests so residents...

Vance: Just Cooperate and There'll Be Less ICE 'Chaos'

Vice president links protests, ICE clashes to Democrats' lack of cooperation

(Newser) - Vice President JD Vance says the key to calming recent unrest in Minneapolis isn't fewer federal agents—it's more cooperation from Democratic leaders. Speaking in the city Thursday after a roundtable with business leaders and law-enforcement officials, Vance argued that clashes around Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations...

Family-Commissioned Autopsy Is In for Renee Good

Independent pathologist says 37-year-old was shot at least 3 times, including once in the head

(Newser) - An autopsy privately ordered by the family of Renee Good concludes she was likely killed by a gunshot to the head, attorneys for her relatives said Wednesday, per NBC News . The independent pathologist found that Good, 37, had three distinct gunshot wounds and a graze injury, according to the family'...

Court: Feds Can Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Appeals court freezes ruling banning retaliation against Minnesota protesters

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals was persuaded to freeze a judge's ruling that bars retaliation against the public in Minnesota, including detaining...

Minnesota's Friday Plans: an Economic Blackout

Protest targets massive ICE raids and fatal shooting of Renee Good

(Newser) - Minnesotans are being urged to shut their wallets, skip work, and keep kids home Friday in response to a sweeping federal immigration crackdown in the state. Labor unions, community groups, and faith leaders have called for an "economic blackout," the Guardian reports, to protest what they describe as...

Springsteen Slams ICE 'Gestapo Tactics' at Surprise Show

Rock icon condemns Trump policy, honors Renee Good

(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen used a surprise home-state gig to sharply criticize the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and to honor the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent, the New York Times reports. During an unbilled Saturday performance at the Light of Day Winterfest in Red Bank, New Jersey, Springsteen told...

Polls Show ICE Backlash
Polls Show ICE Backlash
Jan 18, 2026 1:33 PM CST

Polls Show ICE Backlash

Majorities call Minneapolis shooting unjustified, actions excessive

(Newser) - Polls taken after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis show broad unease with the agency's tactics and a shift in public opinion that could complicate Republican efforts to hold the House. Surveys by CNN, Quinnipiac, Economist/YouGov, and CBS News all...

Pro-, Anti-ICE Groups Clash
Protesters Clash in Minneapolis
Jan 17, 2026 5:30 PM CST

Protesters Clash in Minneapolis

Minnesota's National Guard says it's been mobilized but not deployed

(Newser) - Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the Minnesota governor's office announced that National Guard troops had been mobilized and stood ready to assist state law enforcement. There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security...

First Responder Reports: Good Had 4 Gunshot Wounds

Documents reveal chaotic Minneapolis shooting scene, including reported delay of medical care

(Newser) - Newly released emergency responder records shed more light on the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, describing both her injuries and a tumultuous scene as federal agents and bystanders converged on Portland Avenue. According to reports from the city's fire and police departments obtained via a...

Feds Are Investigating Walz, Frey Over ICE Remarks

DOJ probe focuses on governor, mayor's alleged efforts to obstruct federal immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Federal investigators are examining whether Minnesota's top Democrat and Minneapolis' mayor crossed a legal line in publicly criticizing immigration enforcement. The Justice Department has opened a probe into Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey on a rarely used statute dating to the Civil War era, two sources tell...

Minneapolis Editorial: This Is the 'Storming of the State'

Star Tribune condemns the federal crackdown as way out of proportion

(Newser) - The editorial board of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is condemning the tactics of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in its city in blunt fashion: "The occupation of Minnesota by ICE cannot stand," reads the editorial. Federal officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have said "Operation...

Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

Move would mean US troops on the streets

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to tamp down the growing unrest in Minneapolis—a move that would allow him to deploy military troops on the city's streets, per the AP .
  • "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop
...

Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis

Homeland Security says officer shot person in the leg after being attacked

(Newser) - A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, federal officials said. The shooting took place about 4.5 miles north of where an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan....

Officials: ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Had Internal Bleeding

No additional details were provided on Jonathan Ross

(Newser) - The federal agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis last week suffered internal bleeding afterward, according to US officials briefed on his condition who spoke with ABC News and CBS News . The officials said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding in his torso, though...

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