Federal immigration presence heightens tensions in Minneapolis after fatal shooting

Minneapolis is on a knife’s edge after a federal immigration agent shot Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, three times in the face, and as hundreds of federal officers operate in the city, Sam Sifton wrote for The New York Times.

The Times reported that the Trump administration has sent immigration agents into residential neighborhoods and big‑box parking lots, detaining and, according to accounts, roughing up several U.S. citizens. Viral videos and verified images circulating this week show confrontations — agents tackling a man at a gas station and shoving City Council President Elliott Payne — and neighbors and activists trying to observe, document or impede the officers.

Local officials and residents described the agents as patrolling in combat gear and with assault rifles; Payne told The Times they “feel like a military occupation.” State Representative Michael Howard said on WhatsApp that “it feels like our community is under siege by our own federal government,” the paper reported.

The administration said it would send 1,000 more immigration officers to Minnesota on top of 2,000 already there and would end deportation protections for more than 2,000 migrants from Somalia. Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block what they called an “unprecedented surge in Minnesota,” and The Times wrote that tensions remain high, warning that “Good is dead, and more may follow.”

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Politics, Minneapolis, Renee Good, Elliott Payne, Minnesota, Somali Migrants