Legal observer says ICE is shutting public out of immigration hearings
As the immigration crackdown continues in the Twin Cities, local advocates are concerned that the court cases that follow are happening in secret.
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One of Conor Wight's first steps in the world of broadcast news was earning an internship with CBS in New York City, a stone's throw from where he was born in New Jersey. As a newcomer to Minnesota, he's thrilled to rejoin CBS as a reporter with WCCO.
Conor arrives in the Twin Cities after working for five years at CNY Central News (WTVH/WSTM) in Syracuse, New York. He first arrived in the "Mighty Salt City" in 2016 to study broadcast journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. In 2020, Conor graduated and joined CNY Central, earning the Syracuse Press Club Newcomer of the Year Award. He'd go on to be a founding member of the CNY Central I-Team investigative unit. It was in this capacity that Conor won an Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting showing a link between lead poisoning in Syracuse's youth and teen gun violence; he'd play a leading role in several Emmy and Murrow awards that the station earned for Overall Excellence.
Conor is excited to explore all that Minnesota has to offer, from downtown Minneapolis to the beautiful lakefronts to continuing his love/hate relationship with the winter. When he's not at work, you'll find him watching or attempting to play soccer, hiking or perusing a local record store. Conor is the proud son of two immigrant parents hailing from England and Ireland, respectively, never taking for granted the power and value of the First Amendment as a first-generation American.
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As the immigration crackdown continues in the Twin Cities, local advocates are concerned that the court cases that follow are happening in secret.
New video appears to show who agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were targeting during a chaotic traffic stop Monday in south Minneapolis.
The grill at a Brooklyn Park coffee shop has been left uncleaned since Friday morning, when the co-owner said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained his cook after luring him outside into the parking lot.
Some members of the Twin Cities' immigrant community say Operation Metro Surge is not only striking fear in the Latino and Somali communities, but it's also harming their small businesses.
Family believes Jose Gomez was randomly targeted in an incident where ICE also restrained his teenage son, who later said he had an abnormal heartbeat thanks to the ordeal.
The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution Wednesday to request an investigation into the conduct of city police during an ICE-related arrest late last month, where its officers fired pepper balls and sprayed chemical irritants at demonstrators.
Abdulkadir Sharif Abdi is among twelve people detained in the Department of Homeland Security's "Operation Metro Surge" in the Twin Cities.
Residents in the Twin Cities are keeping a close eye on public schools for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity amid operations targeting Somali immigrants in the area.
Trump's comments, presented without evidence, have shaken people like Salman Fiqy, who saw an opportunity for the GOP to gain further ground in the Somali community.
Braving temperatures that hovered around 14 degrees, dozens of seniors gathered on Wednesday to make it clear they are not happy with their insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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Early Tuesday morning, ICE reported that officers arrested a man from Honduras who had allegedly re-entered the United States illegally.
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