Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
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A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
A Mexican immigrant working in Minnesota says federal officers arrested and beat him. Court documents detail a laundry list of head injuries that hospital workers called life-threatening, including eight skull fractures and five brain bleeds. Ashley Grams is learning more from those documents.
January is typically a slow month at Frontiersman Sports, but employees at the St. Louis Park, Minnesota, gun shop said sales spiked 30% above normal for the month.
Teenage brothers born in Minneapolis and now living in Chicago documented federal immigration agents in both cities for months.
Teenage brothers born in Minneapolis and now living in Chicago have been documenting federal immigration agents in both cities for months. They're legal observers and say they want to give people a clear picture of what's actually happening during these immigration enforcement operations. The brothers spoke to Charlie De Mar about their experience on the front lines.
New numbers show just how many immigrants arrested by ICE in the last year have charges or convictions for a violent crime. Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle is digging into the data.
Nearly two weeks after 99 clergy members were arrested and charged during a protest at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, three are sitting down to share their story.
Border czar Tom Homan says in the past month, 158 people have been arrested for impeding or assaulting federal officers, with 85 cases already accepted for prosecution.
People describing themselves as constitutional observers tell WCCO that in the past week, reports of ICE agents disguising themselves have flooded in from the Twin Cities Metro and rural areas of the state.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it "remains committed" to working with the FBI and the Department of Justice on finding a joint path forward in the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.
Becca Good, the partner of Renee Good, released a statement on Friday, thanking the community for their kindness.
Legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists in Minnesota.
There are around 30,000 observers within Communities Organizing Latine Power and Action Minnesota's network, according to the nonprofit. WCCO rode in the backseat with a few of them in Minneapolis to see how they operate.
Several sheriff's offices in Minnesota have what's called a 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Different models allow departments to help enforce ICE operations and to serve warrants on people inside their jails. Crow Wing County has both.
Twin Cities attorney Danielle Robinson Briand says she's been unable to find her client in immigration custody for several days despite a federal release order.
Border Czar Tom Homan says a drawdown in Minneapolis will happen when there is more local government cooperation and people stop interfering with federal agents. The Trump administration has called those people violent agitators. Ashley Grams has more on who they're charging.
Some families tell WCCO they paid thousands for legal help with their loved ones immigration cases, but it's help they never received.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations aren't only happening in the Twin Cities. Federal agents are also working in smaller towns, and in some, seeing similar resistance from the community.
ICE operations aren't only happening in the metro. Federal agents are also working in smaller towns and in some, seeing similar resistance from the community. Laurie Perez spent the day in Northfield, where the mayor says ICE activity isn't slowing down.
As the ICE Surge continues, Homeland Security claims they've arrested 4,000 people in Minnesota. Most are taken to the Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling. It's a spot to hold detainees until they can be moved. Some go out of state, the rest to a handful of county jails that have agreements with the feds. So what does that look like and how are people being treated? For the first time during Operation Metro Surge, a sheriff is opening his jail to show WCCO the conditions. Crow Wing County's Sheriff in Brainerd gave our crew a tour and sat down for a candid conversation with Senior Investigative Reporter Jennifer Mayerle.
Community leaders in St. Cloud, Minnesota, say federal agents have detained at least 10 Somali people there and arrested several more during protests. One man says he was arrested and released, only to be arrested again.
U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell admonished the Trump administration for what he said was a failure to comply with judicial orders, warning it is "not above the law."
Since federal immigration agents fatally shot a man in Minnesota, the state's top corrections official told CBS News there have been "conversations" with the federal government
A Covington Army veteran facing deportation after more than 50 years in the U.S. could be removed this week.
