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The Campaign to Crush Free Speech in Minnesota
Clashes among ICE, protesters, and politicians are testing Americans’ commitment to open discourse.
Greg Lukianoff
Avoiding Deportation? There’s an App for That.
Judge-tracking apps and social-media sleuthing help some immigrants navigate the Trump administration’s crackdown.
Madeleine Rowley
Trump Declares a Legal War on Sanctuary Cities
Reports say the Justice Department is investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for obstructing ICE. The Constitution says they’re within their rights.
Jed Rubenfeld
I Joined ICE Watch
Everyday citizens are tasked with 5 a.m. patrol shifts, license plate–tracking, and rapid response teams.
Olivia Reingold
Minneapolis Isn’t a Movie
There is a pervasive sense that ICE agents are more like cartoon villains than legitimate law enforcement. The killing of Renee Nicole Good proved this…
Kat Rosenfield
The Killing of Renee Good—and a City on Edge
Minneapolis is the site of the largest ICE operation in history. Residents have responded by forming neighborhood watch groups. Now one of them is dead.
Olivia Reingold
The ICE Shooter’s Trauma Is No Defense
Law enforcement officers must bring reasonable judgment to every encounter, no matter their past experiences.
Elliot Ackerman
How Minnesota Became the Center of Everything
Minnesota is ‘perfectly purple,’ so we are in the bull’s-eye of America’s deeply frayed and fractured politics.
Dave Kansas
The Legal Stakes for the Minneapolis ICE Shooter
Is he immune from prosecution? Can he justify the second and third shots in court? Here’s a legal analysis.
Jed Rubenfeld
The Right Response to the Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Kristi Noem and Jacob Frey react to a shooting with the speed and logic of the internet. Americans deserve better.
The Editors
The Trump-Voting Mom Helping Chicago’s Immigrants
We spent the day with Aleah Arundale as she fought to protect her new neighbors against the threat of ICE raids.
Frannie Block and Tanya Lukyanova
14M
‘This Isn’t a Life,’ Say Immigrants Hounded Into Hiding and Fear
Trump’s crackdown leaves some too afraid to work, go to school, or answer the door. Even those who are U.S. citizens worry they might be deported.
Mónica Cordero and Frannie Block
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