Several leaders in Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office resigned Tuesday in protest of directives from the federal government in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, according to sources familiar with the decision.
Minnesota is also expecting the arrival of hundreds more U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the state, according to reports. The surge over the last few days in immigration enforcement has already been framed as the largest the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ever operated.
Here’s what else you need to know:
- Lead fraud prosecutor Joe Thompson and others resigned from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota.
- Minnesota and city officials sued the Trump administration over the ICE surge in the state.
- DHS has said “Operation Metro Surge” has resulted in more than 2,000 arrests in Minnesota since December, though the agency has not released all the names of those detained.
- DHS echoed its claim that ICE agent Jonathan Ross acted in self-defense when he fatally shot Renee Good and that federal authorities were “not allowing unjust behavior and assaults against them to stop them.”
- President Trump vowed “reckoning” and “retribution” in Minnesota in a new social media post.
Tensions between locals and federal authorities reached a breaking point when ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good during a brief encounter on Jan. 7.
Minnesota streets have been flooded with officers from the DHS and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection arms in recent days, and confrontations with protesters have escalated.
We’re following reports of individual incidents, as well as providing broader context and stories about the enforcement effort. Email tips to whistleblower@startribune.com.
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