An observer films as armed ICE agents arrest two men during a traffic stop Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 on Bottineau Blvd. in Robbinsdale. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero, a St. Paul man who immigration agents shot at on Dec. 21. The agents on the scene and…
Andrea Pedro-Francisco was arrested on her way to work and sent to a Texas detention center a week before she was scheduled to have surgery to remove a large ovarian cyst. (Courtesy photo)WASHINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) — On Thursday, June 4, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (DFL) announced successfully securing the release of Andrea Pedro-Francisco from a U. S. Immigration and Customs…
A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A federal court has denied a request on behalf of several Minnesota school districts to block immigration enforcement activity around public schools, effectively allowing any ICE activity to continue as a lawsuit moves toward trial. Filed…
ICE agents search the passenger of a truck as they arrest both him and the driver during a traffic stop Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 on Bottineau Blvd. in Robbinsdale. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — On the morning of Feb. 13, a 52-year-old man from Ecuador was in a car with four people when the driver…
ICE agents search the passenger of a truck as they arrest both him and the driver during a traffic stop Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 on Bottineau Blvd. in Robbinsdale. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — More than 3,700 immigrants were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge, according to newly-released agency…
Faith leaders and community organizers meet at the Bismarck United Church of Christ on Feb. 24, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Palm Sunday Path protest march. Pictured clockwise from front are Ross Keys, Rev. Gretchen Deeg, Rev. John Muhorana, Rev. Sylvia Bull and Bill Patrie. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A pastor at a…
The Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in downtown Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan is weighing sanctions against the top Department of Justice official in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, for the federal government’s failure to promptly return the belongings of…
Federal agents block an alley near 35th Street and Chicago Avenue while they break a car window to detain a man and his young daughter Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million…
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building where many people detained by ICE are held. Glen Stubbe/Minnesota Reformer Thursday February 19, 2026ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A federal judge in Minnesota ordered officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice to appear before him and explain why they should not be held in contempt. U.S. District…
ICE agents allow the driver to talk to his wife as they arrest him and his passenger during a traffic stop Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 on Bottineau Blvd. in Robbinsdale. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — President Donald Trump’s border czar announced the imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, the surge of 3,000 immigration enforcement agents in…
