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• Federal Data Reveals Majority Of ICE Arrestees In Minnesota Lack Criminal Records Despite Targeted Surge

  Published: Apr 1, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  Newly released federal data indicates that less than one-quarter of the 3,700 individuals arrested during a recent immigration surge in Minnesota had criminal convictions. The find...

• Federal Judge Slams ICE for "Untenable" Defiance of Law in Illegal Detention of Belarusian Asylum Seeker

  Published: Mar 21, 2026

  Section: Crime

  U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger has issued a stinging rebuke to federal officials for refusing to release Andrei Bankevich from an Iowa jail despite conceding his dete...

• Federal Judge Rebukes ICE for Untenable and Illegal Year-Long Detention of Belarusian Asylum Seeker in Iowa

  Published: Mar 21, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger ordered the immediate release of Andrei Bankevich, a Belarusian national held illegally for over a year at the Muscatine County Jail. T...

• Federal Authorities Arrest Nine Total in Connection with Anti-ICE Protest at St. Paul Religious Institution

  Published: Feb 27, 2026

  Section: Politics & Debate

  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on February 2, 2026, that nine individuals have now been arrested in connection with an anti-ICE protest that interrupted a worship servic...

• German Soccer Giant Werder Bremen Abandons Minneapolis Tour Amid Immigration Unrest

  Published: Feb 21, 2026

  Section: Sports

  Werder Bremen, a cornerstone franchise of the German Bundesliga, officially canceled its scheduled summer exhibition trip to Minneapolis on Friday. The club cited the ongoing polit...