US EditionGrief Has Become Infrastructure in Minneapolis, a City Mobilized by Trauma
JD Vance called on Minnesota Democrats to empower local officials to reduce ICE enforcement clashes, noting 99% of police perform correctly amid rising tensions after a fatal shooting.
- On Thursday, Senator J.D. Vance urged Minnesota Democrats to enable local officials to support ICE after tensions peaked this month following the Jan. 7 death of Renee Nicole Good, speaking in Minneapolis and Toledo.
- Operation Metro Surge deployed roughly 2,000 federal officers into metropolitan 'sanctuary' cities such as Minneapolis, while DHS officials defended enforcement and accused local leaders of noncooperation.
- Mid-January polls reveal growing backing for significant ICE reforms: a Siena poll found 61% say ICE has gone too far, while YouGov shows 73% want uniforms, 56% oppose masks, and 46% support abolition.
- The funding vote, tied to a Jan. 30 stop-gap expiration, has prompted sharp opposition from Minnesota Democrats, with Rep. Betty McCollum and Sen. Amy Klobuchar pledging to block the DHS bill passed by the House on Jan. 22.
- The Greenland episode is cited as evidence that President Donald Trump’s foreign moves are constrained by U.S. domestic politics and the 2026 midterm elections, prompting him to scale back Greenland and tariff threats at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.
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Trump administration messaging on ICE at odds with public support
As President Donald Trump’s administration doubles down on its aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, new polling data shows public approval for Immigration and Customs Enforcement has plummeted to new lows. The Democratic Congressional Progressive Caucus has taken advantage of the waning public support, making the “abolish ICE” movement a pillar in its 2026 legislative platform — vowing to block all Department of Homeland Security funding…
Minnesota Stages Economic Blackout To Protest ICE
Source: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / Getty ICE’s occupation of Minnesota has been disastrous to say the least. Minnesota residents already weren’t thrilled to have ICE and Border Patrol in their backyard, and that feeling only intensified after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good. In the weeks since Renee Good’s shooting, there have been constant protests, which escalated on Friday to a “no work, no school, no shopping” blackout day. According…
Trump takes more shots at Minnesota, Somalis at Davos
WASHINGTON — All eyes in D.C. were on the goings on in a small town in the Swiss Alps this week where President Donald Trump rolled back his threats to Greenland and the United States’ European allies. While Trump said he dropped plans to take Greenland by force and hike tariffs on European countries that said they’d stand in the way, the president continued his attack on Minnesota and Somalis who live there. At the World Economic Forum, world l…
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