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There is no reporting among the provided sources that ICE used hexachlorophene — a specific chemical — against protesters; contemporary coverage documents the use of tear gas/chemical irritants, peppe...
systematically created fake daycare centers to steal federal child-care funds exploded after a viral video by , prompting federal attention and a temporary freeze on payments; however, multiple state ...
Estimates of how many Somalians (Somali Americans/Somali-origin residents) live in Minnesota vary widely in reporting: U.S. Census–based sources and data aggregators give figures in the 61,000–64,000 ...
Data in the available reporting show Somali Minnesotans have faced substantially higher unemployment and poverty than the statewide average: multiple local accounts cite Somali unemployment rates arou...
Public records and multiple news outlets report that George Floyd had a criminal history that included drug and theft charges and a 2007 aggravated robbery conviction for which he served time; outlets...
Across multiple independent analyses of ’s 2025 detention and arrest records, roughly 29–35 percent of people detained had a recorded U.S. criminal conviction, while about 65–72 percent had no crimina...
Recent public reporting and analyses converge on the conclusion that fewer than one-third of people currently held in ICE detention have criminal convictions: independent analyses put the share of con...
The available reporting does not provide a direct answer to how many agents have prior criminal convictions; the documents supplied focus overwhelmingly on the criminal histories of people detained by...
The sources provided do not contain any data on the criminal background of employees or agents, so the direct question——cannot be answered from this reporting; there is no empirical claim in these doc...
Available reporting shows wide, divergent estimates for unemployment among Minnesota’s Somali-born and Somali-American residents: older local reporting and state advocacy documents have cited figures ...
The headline that “5% of people detained by ICE have violent convictions, 73% have no convictions” is grounded in multiple data analyses of ICE’s recent detention snapshots: analyses by Cato and repor...
Somali-community accounts and long-running fact-checks show competing narratives about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s marital past: local reports and Omar’s campaign say she had an Islamic, informal marriage to Ah...
Minnesota’s Somali population is reported differently across sources: U.S. Census–based estimates in 2025 place it around 61,000–64,000 (for example, 61,353 and 64,354), while community and state-cent...
Reporting does not substantiate a clear-cut claim that the so-called “green gas” used in Minnesota is categorically “poisonous” or that it is expressly “forbidden” to the U.S. military; local court or...
Melissa Hortman became emotional during floor debate because she cast the lone Democratic vote to end MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented adults — a concession she says she made to secure a bipart...
Ilhan Omar is the U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District — the seat she won again in 2024 — and the district continues to be described in reporting as encompassing Minneapolis ...
Per-capita federal tax contributions vary substantially across states, and the broad pattern in recent analyses shows . Different studies use distinct measures (taxes paid vs. total federal receipts, ...
About two-thirds to three-quarters of people in custody in recent reporting periods had no criminal conviction and were being held for civil immigration violations; precise estimates vary by dataset a...
Available reporting does not support the claim that the “green gas” deployed by federal agents in Minneapolis was hexachloroethane; journalists and local outlets describe chemical irritants being used...
Official and independent reporting converge: in 2025 a large majority of people in ICE custody had no prior criminal convictions, with mid- and end‑of‑year snapshots clustering between about 71% and 7...