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A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

DOJ has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti

January 30, 2026 at 11:32 a.m.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, federal officials said Friday.

White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference as Marcos Charles and Rodney Scott, listen, at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump’s border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’

January 29, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Tom Homan suggested during a news conference Thursday that an immigration drawdown could happen in Minnesota, but only after “cooperation” from state officials.

Federal agents stand near the site of a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

January 24, 2026 at 5:45 p.m.

A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by...

Teyana Gibson Brown, second from right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

January 21, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press,

Protesters try to avoid tear gas dispersed by federal agents, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown

January 12, 2026 at 6:41 p.m.

Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by...

Crowd yells ‘cowards!’ after federal agents crash into a car and fire tear gas in Minneapolis

January 12, 2026 at 3:18 p.m.

Federal officers fired tear gas Monday to break up a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who showed up to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents,...

People shout toward Border Patrol agents making an arrest, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Minnesota braces for what’s next amid immigration arrests and in the wake of Renee Good shooting

January 11, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

Minnesota’s Twin Cities on Sunday braced for what many expect will be a new normal over the next few weeks as the Department of Homeland Security carries out what it...

Federal agents look on as protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Anti-ICE protesters assemble across the US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon

January 10, 2026 at 5:13 p.m.

The Minneapolis gathering was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the country over the weekend.

People protest as law enforcement officers attend to the scene of the shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)

Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good

January 9, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer taking part in the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown.

FILE – Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appears before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Homeland Security plans 2,000 officers in Minnesota for its ‘largest immigration operation ever’

January 7, 2026 at 7:58 a.m.

The Department of Homeland Security said it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency.

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