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Mayor of Minneapolis since 2018
There is no reporting in the documents provided that Minneapolis police officers "quit and joined ICE"; what is documented instead are resignations by federal prosecutors in protest and a large, exped...
No credible reporting in the documents provided shows Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sent money to Renee Good or to her family’s fundraising campaign; the coverage instead focuses on competing online fu...
The Justice Department has opened a criminal inquiry into Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents...
Tim Walz used combative language about federal immigration operations in Minnesota — phrases such as “we’ve never been at war with our federal government” and that the state was “under assault” — and ...
Multiple mainstream outlets report that the Trump administration is sending additional federal immigration agents to Minneapolis in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer, with...
Minneapolis has long maintained local rules and practices that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement—most notably a separation ordinance dating to 2003 and a Sanctuary City Task Force...
Video of the Jan. 7 Minneapolis encounter shows ICE agent Jonathan Ross firing into Renee Good’s SUV as the vehicle moves; multiple news analyses conclude the footage does not clearly show Ross being ...
The record shows Governor Tim Walz has not told Minnesotans to "not impede ICE"; instead he has repeatedly urged peaceful protest, asked residents to document federal operations by recording ICE agent...
Minnesota does not broadly “deport” undocumented immigrants because removal is a federal function, and state and local officials in Minnesota have chosen policies and practices that limit cooperation ...
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot Renee Good was reported by multiple federal and national outlets to have suffered internal bleeding to the torso after the January 7 encoun...
Minnesota laws and local resolutions explicitly referencing Muslim religious practices include state statutes that note exceptions or provisions touching Muslim needs (for example, halal food and reli...
Based on available reporting, it cannot be determined definitively that Renee Good would have avoided being shot simply by "following instructions" because accounts differ about what instructions, if ...
A woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during a large federal enforcement operation in south Minneapolis; federal officials say the officer fired after the...
Somali-American leaders and communities have mobilized immediate public condemnation, local governmental protections, and calls for calm after President Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage” and si...
Official law-enforcement public statements about the Jan. 7, 2026, shooting present two conflicting positions: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ICE has characterized Renee Nicole Good as “imp...
The available reporting is sharply divided: federal officials and the Department of Homeland Security say Renee Good “weaponized” her vehicle and attempted to run over an ICE agent, while independent ...
Renee Nicole Good, a 37‑year‑old U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent identified in reporting as Jonathan Ross during a January 7, 2026, enforcement ope...
Minnesota’s Somali community and allied advocacy groups have publicly pushed back against recent allegations that welfare fraud in the state funded al-Shabaab, calling parts of the national response i...
Since 2024 Minneapolis has tightened formal barriers between city operations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order refusing use of city propert...
Political leaders’ public statements sharply polarized the aftermath of the Minneapolis shooting, with local officials urging calm and accountability while federal leaders defended agents and signaled...