Another federal judge is threatening to hold government officials in contempt of court for failing to return critical items including work permits and driver's licenses to former immigration detainees.

ICE activity continues to interrupt daily life for students, staff and families, despite the announced end of the two-month surge of federal immigration agents. Students attend school remotely, staff monitor arrival and dismissal, and leaders wonder when they can resume normal school operations.

The bill seeks to expand upon current Minnesota law that makes it a crime to not assess the victim and provide aid after shooting someone or witnessing a shooting, as long as it is safe to do so.

New filing from Henn. County in DOJ sanctuary city lawsuit. "The federal government’s position is akin to storming out of a café because the owner refused to share the wifi password, punching a bystander on the sidewalk, and blaming the café owner for the consequences. It is beyond the pale."

Friday liveblog from @mprnews.org on the ICE surge www.mprnews.org/live-updates

After Javier Abreu-Vasquez was released from the ICE detention center in El Paso Wednesday, two Minnesota nonprofits worked to coordinate Abreu-Vasquez’s stay at Annunciation House, a local El Paso nonprofit.

Check out the story from late January written by @mprnews.org reporter @jcollins.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Listen to Minnesotans describe how their mental health and daily activities are being affected by ICE operations across the state. I took phone calls during my live talk show on @MPRNews. Guests: therapist Dr. Corey Yeager & senior economics contributor Chris Farrell. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

Nearly 1/3 of us say we sleep poorly or not enough 😴. And our 24/7 culture makes it tough to GET a good night’s sleep. My public radio series Call to Mind is working on a show about sleep! Do you have problems sleeping? How does it affect your mental health? 📩: [email protected]

I love the Thunder Bay package because it captures what @mprnews.org delivers daily: deep, fact-based reporting, sharp analysis and thoughtful conversation focused on understanding. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

In April, my @mprnews.org colleagues Chris Farrell and @angeladavismpr.bsky.social saw this coming. They roadtripped to Thunder Bay to talk with Canadians as well as the North Shore Minnesotans who rely on Canadian business. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0... www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Officials at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin say they’re planning to open foot access to the famed ice caves near Meyers Beach starting Monday — if ice conditions on the lake remain stable www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

"Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men." apnews.com/article/immi...

In January we reported on how this was happening to a "conveyer belt" of illegally detained children in MN: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The @mprnews.org liveblog on ICE in the Twin Cities is up and running for Friday. It's a quick way to catch up on what's happening. Check it out. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Terrific story this morning from my @mprnews.org colleague @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

My @mprnews.org colleague Regina Medina wrote this last week: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

In their motion to dismiss the charges of assaulting a federal officer, prosecutors write that newly discovered evidence is "materially inconsistent with the allegations."

The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.

The @mprnews.org liveblog is a quick, easy way to catch up on Thursday's news around the surge of federal ICE agents in Minnesota. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

More than 8,200 permit to carry applications were filed in the state in January. For populations worried about their safety during the ICE surge, ownership seems like a path to security.

The immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is ending, said Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.

St. Paul police said in a statement early Wednesday afternoon that federal agents were pursuing a person in a vehicle when the vehicle crashed; that person was taken to a local hospital by St. Paul fire department medics and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators say one immigration official abused his girlfriend for years. Another admitted he sexually abused a woman in his custody. A third is charged with taking bribes.

Check out the @mprnews.org liveblog for Wednesday to catch up on our stories around the ICE crackdown in Minnesota. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

My @mprnews.org colleague @ericazurek.bsky.social has been reporting for weeks on the concerns around ICE in Twin Cities hospitals and clinics. Check out her story from mid-January: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

An agent told the teen to call her family and ask them to pick her up. But the agent said that if they came, ICE would send the entire family to Texas. The girl writes “My family decided not to come and pick me up as a result of this threat. ICE decided to take me to a hotel.” tinyurl.com/3nkf9sbd

For health care workers, going to work means an onslaught of fear and anxiety with ICE agents present. “What will happen to us?" one health care worker said. "That is my question every single night before going to bed. It really affects me mentally and emotionally. This is like a nightmare.”

Keep tabs on @mprnews.org daily coverage of the ICE crackdown here: www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Latest from @mprnews.org www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Update on the kidney recipient arrested by ICE: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

I try to post this before Super Bowl Sundays. I'm late this year but it's still worth revisiting the, uh, less-than-awesome 1992 halftime show in Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...

We're still keeping tabs on the kidney recipient arrested in Rochester. His wife tells reporter @mollycastlework.bsky.social he still hasn't received meds needed to keep his body from rejecting the kidney. Story's in our Monday @mprnews.org liveblog on ICE crackdown. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Story update: DHS said late Friday afternoon that the man taken into custody in Rochester by federal immigration agents now has access to medication needed for his kidney transplant. Family members say they haven't been able to confirm that. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The @mprnews.org liveblog on the immigration crackdown is an easy way to catch up on what we're reporting. It was a fairly busy morning. www.mprnews.org/live-updates

Good piece by my @mprnews.org colleague @jcollins.bsky.social niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.