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Minnesota leaders call for peace as Trump threatens Insurrection Act in response to ICE protests
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Tensions remain high Minneapolis after his murder Renee Good by a federal agent. Approximately 3,000 immigration officers either continue operations in Minnesota or depart for duty in the state.
American Civil Liberties Union A lawsuit was filed Thursday against the Trump administration, accusing federal immigration officials in Minnesota of racial profiling and illegal arrests. Donald Trump threatened to call Insurrection Act in response to widespread protests against federal immigration enforcement.
Governor of Minnesota, Tim WalzHe called on demonstrators to “speak loudly, urgently, but also peacefully” and made a direct appeal to the president to “lower the temperature.”
“Stop this revenge campaign,” Walz said in a statement. “That’s not who we are.”
On Wednesday night, a federal officer shot a man in the leg during an enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, sparking more protests.
After the attack, the mayor of Minneapolis said, Jacob FreyHe implored his voters not to “take the bait” and respond with violence. “We cannot counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own brand of chaos,” he said.
In other developments:
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A group of US parliamentarians are visiting Copenhagen Today we will hold meetings with senior Danish and Greenlandic officials. The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland announced Wednesday that they have formed a working group to discuss “fundamental” disagreements with the United States. Greenland – but on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary maintained that the goal of this working group was to “keep doing it.” Technical negotiations regarding the purchase of Greenland.” Our colleague Jakub Krupa has more about this on his Europe live blog.
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In other immigration news, death of man held in federal detention camp Texas It may be investigated as a homicide in early January after the local medical examiner determined the initial cause was “asphyxia due to neck and chest compression.”
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He met with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday and a bipartisan group of senators on Capitol Hill. He later said he presented Trump with his Nobel Peace Prize medal.
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Appeals court rejected Mahmud Halil The lawsuit challenging his initial detention paved the way for his re-arrest. Khalil, a green card holder and Colombian graduate, was released from an immigration detention center last year after he was initially arrested for his role in pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
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Minnesota leaders call for peace as Trump threatens Insurrection Act in response to ICE protests
Hello and thank you for joining us on the US politics live blog.
Tensions remain high Minneapolis after his murder Renee Good by a federal agent. Approximately 3,000 immigration officers either continue operations in Minnesota or depart for duty in the state.
American Civil Liberties Union A lawsuit was filed Thursday against the Trump administration, accusing federal immigration officials in Minnesota of racial profiling and illegal arrests. Donald Trump threatened to call Insurrection Act in response to widespread protests against federal immigration enforcement.
Governor of Minnesota, Tim WalzHe called on demonstrators to “speak loudly, urgently, but also peacefully” and made a direct appeal to the president to “lower the temperature.”
“Stop this revenge campaign,” Walz said in a statement. “That’s not who we are.”
On Wednesday night, a federal officer shot a man in the leg during an enforcement operation in north Minneapolis, sparking more protests.
After the attack, the mayor of Minneapolis said, Jacob FreyHe implored his voters not to “take the bait” and respond with violence. “We cannot counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own brand of chaos,” he said.
In other developments:
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A group of US parliamentarians are visiting Copenhagen Today we will hold meetings with senior Danish and Greenlandic officials. The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland announced Wednesday that they have formed a working group to discuss “fundamental” disagreements with the United States. Greenland – but on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s press secretary maintained that the goal of this working group was to “keep doing it.” Technical negotiations regarding the purchase of Greenland.” Our colleague Jakub Krupa has more about this on his Europe live blog.
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In other immigration news, death of man held in federal detention camp Texas It may be investigated as a homicide in early January after the local medical examiner determined the initial cause was “asphyxia due to neck and chest compression.”
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado He met with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday and a bipartisan group of senators on Capitol Hill. He later said he presented Trump with his Nobel Peace Prize medal.
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Appeals court rejected Mahmut Halil’s The lawsuit challenging his initial detention paved the way for his re-arrest. Khalil, a green card holder and Colombian graduate, was released from an immigration detention center last year after he was initially arrested for his role in pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
