Minneapolis

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>

Pro-, Anti-ICE Groups Clash
Protesters Clash in Minneapolis
Jan 17, 2026 5:30 PM CST

Protesters Clash in Minneapolis

Minnesota's National Guard says it's been mobilized but not deployed

(Newser) - Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the Minnesota governor's office announced that National Guard troops had been mobilized and stood ready to assist state law enforcement. There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security...

First Responder Reports: Good Had 4 Gunshot Wounds

Documents reveal chaotic Minneapolis shooting scene, including reported delay of medical care

(Newser) - Newly released emergency responder records shed more light on the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, describing both her injuries and a tumultuous scene as federal agents and bystanders converged on Portland Avenue. According to reports from the city's fire and police departments obtained via a...

Judge: Feds Can't Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Minnesota court also rules that federal agents can't detain peaceful protesters, observers

(Newser) - Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent US immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled on Friday. US District Judge Kate Menendez's ruling...

Feds Are Investigating Walz, Frey Over ICE Remarks

DOJ probe focuses on governor, mayor's alleged efforts to obstruct federal immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Federal investigators are examining whether Minnesota's top Democrat and Minneapolis' mayor crossed a legal line in publicly criticizing immigration enforcement. The Justice Department has opened a probe into Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey on a rarely used statute dating to the Civil War era, two sources tell...

Minneapolis Editorial: This Is the 'Storming of the State'

Star Tribune condemns the federal crackdown as way out of proportion

(Newser) - The editorial board of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is condemning the tactics of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in its city in blunt fashion: "The occupation of Minnesota by ICE cannot stand," reads the editorial. Federal officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have said "Operation...

Trump Threatens to Use Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

Move would mean US troops on the streets

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to tamp down the growing unrest in Minneapolis—a move that would allow him to deploy military troops on the city's streets, per the AP .
  • "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop
...

Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis

Homeland Security says officer shot person in the leg after being attacked

(Newser) - A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, federal officials said. The shooting took place about 4.5 miles north of where an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan....

Officials: ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Had Internal Bleeding

No additional details were provided on Jonathan Ross

(Newser) - The federal agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis last week suffered internal bleeding afterward, according to US officials briefed on his condition who spoke with ABC News and CBS News . The officials said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding in his torso, though...

Joe Rogan on ICE: Do We Want 'Gestapo' Roaming the Streets?

Criticizes Trump immigration crackdown, calls Renee Nicole Good's death a 'tragedy'

(Newser) - Podcaster Joe Rogan says he's not on board with turning immigration enforcement into a street sweep. On Tuesday's episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the host criticized aggressive tactics under President Trump's immigration crackdown, likening them to a secret-police-style operation. "You don't want militarized people...

Blanche: DOJ Sees 'No Basis' for Rights Probe in ICE Shooting

This isn't normal, Minneapolis police chief says

(Newser) - The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department's Civil Rights...

Billionaire Donates to GoFundMe for ICE Agent in Minneapolis Shooting

GoFundMe for federal agent raises questions about ethics rules

(Newser) - Money is pouring in for a federal agent at the center of a fatal Minneapolis shooting, even as questions mount over whether he's allowed to take it. A GoFundMe set up for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross, who allegedly shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday,...

Minnesota Files Lawsuit Over 'Federal Invasion'

State, Twin Cities say feds are targeting Minnesota because of politics

(Newser) - The State of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer. The state and cities filed a lawsuit in federal court...

ICE Raids Continue in Minnesota Amid Protests

Man arrested at home in one dramatic scene

(Newser) - Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever. In a...

Noem Says Hundreds of Agents Are Being Sent to Minneapolis

Residents prepare with training, stationing themselves as lookouts

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that hundreds of additional federal officers are being sent to Minneapolis to ensure the safety of ICE and Border Patrol personnel already there. Appearing on Fox News, Noem said the agents were to go Sunday and Monday, the Washington Post reports. Although the...

Top Catholic Paper Accuses VP of 'Gaslighting' on ICE Shooting

National Catholic Reporter editor denounces vice president's remarks on Renee Nicole Good killing

(Newser) - A leading Catholic newspaper is publicly taking on one of the church's most prominent political converts. In an opinion piece published on Thursday, John Grosso, the digital editor for the National Catholic Reporter , accused Vice President JD Vance of distorting Christian teaching in his response to Wednesday's fatal...

Weekend Rallies Seek to Put 'End to Deadly Terror'

Anti-ICE protests come after federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis woman, injured 2 in Oregon

(Newser) - Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The demonstrations come as the Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities...

Video Emerges of Shooting From ICE Agent's Phone

Renee Nicole Good spoke to the agent from her vehicle shortly before the shots

(Newser) - A new video has emerged of this week's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis from the phone of the ICE agent who fired the shots. The Minnesota site Alpha News obtained the 47-second clip, and Vice President JD Vance was among those sharing it, reports the Hill...

Renee Good's Wife Speaks Out
Renee Good's Wife
Speaks Out
Jan 9, 2026 2:02 PM CST

Renee Good's Wife Speaks Out

'We had whistles. They had guns,' writes Becca Good

(Newser) - The wife of the woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week has issued her first public statement, reports USA Today . Becca Good doesn't directly address the shooting itself, and she makes only a brief reference to the protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at...

Minn. Officials: Send Us Your Renee Good Evidence

Prosecutors seek public videos, photos after FBI blocks state investigators

(Newser) - Minnesota's top prosecutors are now asking the public to help fill an information gap created by the FBI in the investigation of a deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis. State Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday urged residents to submit any evidence they have—...

Walz Calls for 'Day of Unity'
Walz Calls for 'Day of Unity'
Jan 9, 2026 8:32 AM CST

Walz Calls for 'Day of Unity'

He asks Minnesotans to hold moment of silence Friday to honor Renee Good

(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has declared Friday a "Day of Unity" in honor of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis on Wednesday. In a statement announcing the proclamation, Walz called Good "a loving mother, partner, daughter, and neighbor whose life...

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>
Most Read on Newser