IMMIGRATION Archives - KVRR Local News

ND National Guard’s 142nd Engineer Battalion returns from southern border

February 23, 2026

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North Dakota National Guard’s 142nd Engineer Battalion welcomed home on Feb. 21, 2026.VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) — Fifty members of the North Dakota National Guard’s 142nd Engineer Battalion are back home following a year-long deployment to the nation’s southern border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The unit returns to North Dakota after providing assistance to CBP…

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Immigrants, employers frustrated by delays in federal system

February 13, 2026

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Adam Broers, a human resources executive with Bethany Retirement Living, looks at a map with pins showing where employees are from. About 300 of Bethany’s 800 employees in Fargo, North Dakota, are foreign born, he said. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Delays in the federal immigration system are creating frustration for North Dakota residents…

ICE says an immigrant who died in a sprawling Texas detention facility killed himself

January 19, 2026

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This Aug. 7, 2025, satellite image shows construction of large white tents for a new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base outside El Paso, Texas. (Planet Labs via AP, File)EL PASO, T.X. (AP) — An immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week, federal officials said. Victor Manuel Diaz appears…

Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents’ rooms

January 5, 2026

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(AP) A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies. The Department of Homeland Security had accused the global Hilton hotel chain of a “coordinated” effort to refuse service to its employees. Hilton and local operators of the Hampton Inn Lakeville property released statements within…

Moorhead City Council Introducing Resolution To Support Somalis

Moorhead City Council passes resolution supporting immigrant and refugee communities

The possible passage of the resolution comes on the heels of Mayor Shelly Carlson making a public proclamation in support of the immigrant community.

December 8, 2025

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Tensions over the mere presence of Somalians in the United States are still elevated following Trump’s lambasting of the group and subsequent measures by ICE to crack down on the population. A Cinnabon employee in Wisconsin was fired after directing a racist rant at a customer they believed to be Somali, while video from the Twin…

West Fargo High School Student Detained by ICE

The student was reportedly on their way to an immigration hearing in Grand Forks.

October 2, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A current student at West Fargo High School has been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Sources say the student was on their way to an immigration hearing in Grand Forks when they were detained by officers. Their identity has not yet been made publicly available. West Fargo Public Schools said…

Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Minnesota and other Democratic states

September 5, 2025

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is launching Medicaid spending probes in Minnesota and at least five other Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there…

Community engagement, English classes seen as helping North Dakota retain foreign-born workers

August 15, 2025

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Buba Kanagi, right, global talent coordinator for the North Dakota Global Talent Office, speaks during the Global Talent Summit at Bismarck State College on Aug. 14, 2025, next to panelists Holly Triska-Dally, left, state refugee coordinator, Derrick Gross, center-left, executive director of Communities Acting Together for Change and Hope, and Jasmine Tosseth-Smith, center, co-director of Bismarck Global Neighbors. (Michael Achterling/North…

Sen. Smith calls on Noem to resign after California Sen. Padilla is handcuffed during press conference

June 12, 2025

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) being handcuffed outside Secretary Noem’s press conference.WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/CNN) — Sen. Alex Padilla of California said he had been attempting to ask a question when he was forcefully removed from a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles Thursday. “I was there peacefully. At one point I had a…

Walz and other Democratic governors defend immigration policies on Capitol Hill

June 12, 2025

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul attend a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump spars with California’s governor over immigration enforcement, Republicans in Congress called other Democratic governors to the Capitol on…