How a Minnesota federal building has become ground zero for ICE pushback
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As immigration enforcement intensified in the Twin Cities, clashes and arrests centered around a federal building south of Minneapolis housing ICE, CBP and a detention center.
Ever since the immigration crackdown began in the Twin Cities, some of the most forceful confrontations between protesters and federal agents have happened in a remote area south of Minneapolis at the B.H. Whipple Federal Building.
An ICE field office, immigration court and a detention center are all housed inside the building.
Scripps News was on the ground outside in the early days of Operation Metro Surge as protesters gathered after the shooting of Renee Good. Officers fired pepper balls and stun grenades to hold back the crowd, which then numbered in the hundreds. Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol commander, surveyed the scene with cannisters of tear gas hanging from his vest.
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In the weeks since protesters began gathering at the building, the government has installed 8-foot metal fences and concrete barriers that now line both sides of the road encircling the building. Smaller groups still show up to shout and wave signs.
NTSB board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings before last year's midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk, which killed 67 people.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz met Tuesday with President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, in an apparent effort to ease tensions following the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal officer.