US EditionTrump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
Despite President Trump's willingness to ease tensions, federal immigration enforcement continues in Minneapolis with 16 arrests on law enforcement charges, officials said.
- On Jan. 28, 2026, President Donald Trump signaled willingness to ease tensions after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, while enforcement operations continued Wednesday in Minneapolis and St. Paul .
- Officials dispatched the top border adviser to Minnesota, and multiple federal agencies conducted enforcement operations including door knocks in Blaine, Minn. residences.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons officers pushed and threatened an AP video journalist in Minneapolis on Jan. 28, 2026, while Associated Press journalists observed pepper‑spraying and a detention.
- Federal courts are weighing a lawsuit seeking to pause the crackdown and ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership to address alleged due‑process failures, while lawmakers pushed to allow lawsuits against federal agents as protests intensified in Minneapolis-area neighbourhoods.
- The consulate incident and neighbourhood confrontations suggest ongoing strain as a federal law enforcement officer tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis and observers tracked enforcement at residences Wednesday.
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Donald Trump signals interest in easing tensions in Minneapolis
Mr Trump said he and governor Tim Walz, whom he criticised for weeks, were on ‘a similar wavelength’ following a phone call.
Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on streets
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes after weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The strain was evident when Trump made a leadership change by sending his top border adviser to Minnesota to take charge of the immigration crackdown. That was followed by see…
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Despite calls, Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
MINNEAPOLIS — Though President Donald Trump spoke to officials in Minnesota after federal immigration agents shot and killed a second person in Minneapolis, there was little evidence Wednesday of significant changes after weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters.
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