Federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota has entered a volatile new phase. In early January 2026, the Trump administration deployed roughly 2,000 federal agents and officers to the Minneapolis–St.

Tensions in Minneapolis are mounting as protestors and federal agents face off and President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López reports from Washington,

Anger is surging across the United States — particularly in Minneapolis — after federal agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American ICU nurse, during a chaotic immigration raid.

Minneapolis has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.

Alex Tabet, MS NOW Reporter and Melissa Murray, NYU Law Professor join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with live reaction to protests underway in Minneapolis, Minnesota as thousands take to the streets in frigid cold weather to voice their opposition to ICE and DHS’s continued presence in their city after the deaths of two of their residents at the hands of federal agents.

Organizers are planning what they anticipate will be the largest "No Kings" protests yet, targeting what they call authoritarianism under President Trump

Days after a federal agent shooting and promises of change from border czar Tom Homan, Minneapolis neighbors say fear remains — and protests are planned.