Minneapolis, ICE and protests
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The service comes as Minneapolis has the spotlight as the latest flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Protesters screamed at armed federal agents in attempts to disrupt their operations in one Minneapolis neighborhood on Sunday. They later took one man away in handcuffs.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alongside Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, called into question claims federal immigration enforcement agencies have made in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer.
The announcement by the homeland security secretary came days after an immigration officer shot and killed a woman, Renee Good, in the city.
A top Trump administration official is vowing to send hundreds more federal officers to Minneapolis in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly ICE shooting. It comes as tensions are boiling over across the country,
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As protests build in Minneapolis, Portland, Justice Department has scrapped its "Peacemakers" office
In the civil rights era, the agency formed its Community Relations Service, a group of dozens of federal specialists who were informally referred to as "America's peacemaker."
The Trump administration criticized Democrats for “hateful rhetoric” as Minnesota leaders blamed federal officials for the shooting.
S.C., discusses anti-ICE protests, sanctuary city legislation, the Minneapolis shooting investigation and a dispute over lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities.