Federal immigration authorities arrested a 29-year-old Ecuadorian in Minneapolis last year who’d been convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 13. Also nabbed in the national sweep of noncitizen sex offenders was a 41-year-old Eritrean national in Maplewood convicted of criminal sexual conduct involving multiple acts with an underage victim.
Minneapolis, St. Paul and some counties have policies limiting information collected about immigration status and cooperation with federal authorities.
Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O’Hara recently announced that the department’s policy around immigration enforcement had been updated.
While a bill to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State failed in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) considers Anoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey County as "sanctuary counties."
The consent decree agreement Monday with the Minneapolis Police Department follows a similar decree that the department agreed upon with Louisville, Kentucky, police last month.
Court documents show the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis (POFM) filed a motion to intervene in the federal consent decree that is meant to reform policing practices in the Minneapolis Police Department.
The vibe in Washington these days is far less defiant than when Donald Trump arrived in 2017 after defeating Hillary Clinton.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, who serves the Minnesota district, announced Tuesday he will resign from office ahead of Donald Trump taking office.
President-elect Donald Trump has named Troy Meink, a former Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft navigator and former deputy of the National
During his first administration, President-elect Donald Trump was critical of consent decrees as anti-police. Finalizing the Minneapolis agreement before he returns to office Jan. 20 would make it ...
With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.
The Biden administration secured an agreement to implement police reforms in Minneapolis ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The consent decree agreement Monday with the ...