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Immigration Initiatives Face Intense Backlash

Protesters decry federal immigration enforcement after two citizens were fatally shot by agents; related rallies occurred in other US cities, with a journalist briefly detained.

  • Protesters in Minneapolis took to the streets on Friday, January 30, against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement, carrying signs targeting ICE.
  • Minneapolis has become the epicenter after two US citizens were shot dead by federal agents this month, prompting the appointment of Tom Homan and Trump calling Alex Pretti an 'agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist.'
  • The Justice Department opened a civil‑rights probe Friday, and the administration charged former CNN anchor Don Lemon with violations, prompting CEO Jodie Ginsberg to warn it's "an egregious attack on the First Amendment."
  • Backlash has reached Congress just before a government funding deadline, with Democrats demanding Department of Homeland Security funding be stripped and renegotiated, while officials said they are "working on a drawdown plan" for some of the more than 3,000 federal agents.
  • In Los Angeles, rallies outside City Hall followed a recent anti‑ICE concert by Bruce Springsteen, linking the protests to nationwide demonstrations, with thousands participating.
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Once again, thousands of residents of the American city of Minneapolis braved the cold to protest. In other cities across the United States, people also took to the streets to demand the withdrawal of the federal immigration agency, ICE. In Minneapolis, where two people were shot dead by federal agents in recent weeks, not only activists but also families with young children and elderly people gathered. One of the protesters told Reuters news ag…

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On Friday, thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis to protest against the U.S. immigration police. slogans such as "without ICE" or "how much more" were visible in the procession. Federal agents have been responsible for the deaths of two protesters in recent weeks. - In Minneapolis, thousands of protesters are gathering against Trump's (International) immigration police.

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theexaminernews.com broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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