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Who is US border chief Gregory Bovino, the ‘little Napoleon’ with a viral coat?
In the 1982 action movie The Border, Jack Nicholson and Harvey Keitel play border guards posted along the Texas frontier. The film sets up their federal force as a bunch of gunslingers operating with little to no moral code. But the way an 11-year-old Gregory Bovino saw it, watching at the cinema in his hometown of North Carolina, Keitel and…
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Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
A federal judge heard arguments on Jan. 26, 2026, as the state of Minnesota sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the state. The administration has sent some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, and attorneys for the state have argued, in part, that it amounts to an unconstitutional occupation, on 10th Amendment grounds.…
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Growing number of Republicans criticize Trump officials’ response to Alex Pretti’s shooting
A growing number of Republicans are questioning or criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. The criticism has extended beyond the handful of Republicans who are known for periodically differing from President Trump. Some Trump allies are also…
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Judge hears arguments on Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota after fatal shootings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments Monday over Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown, posing skeptical questions to both sides about the effort that has led to two fatal shootings by federal officers. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez is considering whether to grant requests by the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul…
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The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
The Christian right will never turn down an opportunity to make false accusations of religious persecution. These days, they’re especially eager to play the victim. Doing so allows them to distract from the ugly reality that they, in voting for Donald Trump, have helped to unleash in Minnesota: A woman killed in front of her wife, children ripped from their…
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Minneapolis becomes ground zero in Trump’s immigration crackdown: Arrests, protests and 2 fatal shootings by agents
The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on Saturday has further escalated tensions in Minneapolis, a city now at the center of America’s heated battle over immigration enforcement. Pretti’s killing occurred less than three weeks after Renee Good, another Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A total…
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Democrats vow to oppose homeland security money, increasing shutdown chance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, in a social media post hours after the Saturday shooting, said…
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Republican calls for investigation grow after fatal shooting in Minneapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, a sign that the Trump administration’s accounting of events may face bipartisan scrutiny. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino sought testimony from leaders at Immigration and Customs…
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Winter Storm Fern live updates: more than 10,000 flights canceled as snow and ice batter eastern US | US weather
Over 10,000 flights canceled from storm So far, more than 10,000 flights have been canceled, with up to 15,000 cancellations possible through Monday. Today will go down in history as one of the days with the most weather-related flight cancellations in US aviation history. The cancellations include all flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and most flights at the…
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What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE? Legal experts weigh in
This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. Videos of confrontations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Minneapolis residents have flooded social media, showing some of the 3,000 officers who are deployed in the city stopping, questioning and detaining residents. In one case, immigration agents escorted a U.S. citizen who is a grandfather of Hmong ancestry out of his house in his underwear in freezing…
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