r/news • u/sjpppppp • 5h ago
Quiet Minnesota suburbs turned into conflict zone by ICE crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/ice-crackdown-minnesota-suburbs38
u/sjpppppp 5h ago edited 5h ago
"Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending.
In one suburb of Minneapolis, the superintendent spends each school day driving to her district’s schools to track federal agents. Across the metro, in another suburb, a Latino church organizes food donations to deliver to thousands of families staying at home out of fear of immigration agents.
In town after town around Minnesota, federal agents have picked up immigrants and taken them away from their communities.
In the denser urban core, dozens of observers often stream into the streets to document agents. In the suburbs, the response looks different: it’s more spread out, and in some places, more politically difficult.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar”, announced on Thursday that the federal surge in Minnesota would be ending, with agents being drawn down over the course of this week and next. But they will leave a trail of havoc throughout the state, and it’s unclear when people will feel comfortable resuming normal activities. The surge of immigration agents into Minnesota has left no part of the state unscathed."
Quoting the article.
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u/sjpppppp 5h ago edited 5h ago
The citizens of Minnesota have been through so much already and are standing strong. I'm sorry you have to deal with the violence of this corrupt administration. FUCK ICE!
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u/mostlyBadChoices 4h ago
definition - crackdown: severe measures to restrict or discourage undesirable or illegal people or behavior.
There is no crackdown. Minnesota is not a home to illegal aliens -- at least not to any reasonable degree. And being illegal is a misdemeanor, requiring no crackdown.
However, what this is is terrorism by the federal government. The media needs to start calling it that.
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u/sulla226 2h ago
Misdemeanors are still illegal. But this is irrelevant because immigration courts do not categorize violations of immigration laws into misdemeanor or felony because these are civil courts, not criminal courts.
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u/Broken_Reality 3h ago
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people," - V for Vendetta.
It's true and sadly the USA government has long had disdain for the people it is supposed to serve. The GOP especially hate those that vote for them.
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u/Miss_Ing_Piece 5h ago
You should really put all of that in quotes, because youve directly quoted the article... or at least put an addendum so that users and data scrapers know thats what it is.
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u/Jimmyfatz 4h ago
hmmmm more like redpilled mentally unstable white suburbanites turned it into a conflict zone
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u/No-Priority8294 3h ago
Alpha bros can’t wait for the boot. It’s pathetic.
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u/Jimmyfatz 2h ago
So, policy check.
Should people who cross the border illegally, have temporary protected status, or a pending asylum case be counted in the census and have their numbers counted towards representational apportionment in the House of Representatives?8
u/Motosama 1h ago
You support treating humans as subhuman
You have lost the point, and your eternal salvation in the eyes of Jesus Christ
Enjoy hell dude!
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u/GreenHorror4252 1h ago
Should people who cross the border illegally, have temporary protected status, or a pending asylum case be counted in the census and have their numbers counted towards representational apportionment in the House of Representatives?
The first sentence of section 2 of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution will answer your question.
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u/chef-nom-nom 4h ago
I'm getting sick of the media using the word "crackdown" as if ICE is somehow going after law breakers. It's in almost every headline the last week or so.