ICE terrorized a mall in St. Cloud, too

By: J. Patrick Coolican

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: January 20, 2026

Words: 980

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up to a Star City Mall in St. Cloud last week to target the Somali community for so-called “immigration enforcement.” Federal agents used chemical irritants and brandished firearms against people gathered to protest what they characterized as racial profiling.

Witnesses described agents pointing firearms at unarmed citizen-observers and elected officials, turning a community center into a militarized zone of fear. The violence escalated further when, as …

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