Minneapolis is distancing police from ICE, showing reform is possible

By: Catherine Shreves, John Humphrey, John Satorius

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 661

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to unleash raids in Minneapolis, our police officers face the same struggle as in other target cities — including our sister city of St. Paul — to keep people safe without assisting in those raids.

After several months of study and public input following questions raised about Minneapolis police’s crowd control tactics during the overly militarized Lake Street raid in June, the city amended the separation …

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