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Demonstrators rally in protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid a reported federal immigration operation targeting the Somali community in Minneapolis

2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis in an escalated immigration push. Here’s what we know

By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Around 2,000 federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis as part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to crack down on immigration, two law enforcement officials told CNN, while the city and its officials are reeling from a welfare fraud scandal that’s reaching a fever pitch this

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The Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis

DHS alleges Hilton canceled agent hotel reservations as immigration crackdown escalates in Minneapolis

By Danya Gainor, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security accused global hotel chain Hilton of launching a “coordinated campaign” to refuse service to agents by canceling their room reservations in Minneapolis as the agency readies for escalated immigration enforcement there. Screenshots DHS posted on X on Monday afternoon appear to show

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Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers question a man on Lake Street near the Karmel Mall in Minneapolis on December 10.

Trump administration plans aggressive immigration crackdown with 2,000 agents in Minnesota amid welfare fraud scandal

By Priscilla Alvarez, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is deploying around 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis as part of an immigration crackdown on the heels of a welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota, according to two law enforcement officials. Senior Trump officials have fixated on Minnesota and its Somali community after accusations of

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Since the Venezuela strike

From Greenland to Iran: Trump’s threats stretch far and wide since his Venezuela strike

By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Since the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces at the weekend, US President Donald Trump and members of his administration have issued warnings to several other governments — including those of Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Iran and Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Trump said Sunday: “We

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the US Capitol on June 12

Minnesota investigators say child care centers accused of fraud are operating normally as governor drops reelection bid

By Zoe Sottile, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — It was the viral video seen ‘round the world. The 43-minute video, posted to YouTube the day after Christmas by a 23-year-old conservative content creator, claimed with little evidence Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota were fraudulently taking funding meant to provide child care for low-income families.

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Fardowsa Ali owns a cafe in the same building as a Somali-run day care in Minneapolis accused

Somalis in Minneapolis say they are facing harassment, threats and empty businesses in the wake of fraud allegations video

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — At Fardowsa Ali’s restaurant in Minneapolis, she said the usual steady flow of diners seeking Somali sambusas or desserts has been replaced with threatening phone calls. “It’s really sad,” said Ali, who opened Albi Kitchen last summer. “I called police because one guy called here and said he

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Visualizing the US assault on Venezuela

By Allegra Goodwin, Isaac Yee, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A dramatic new phase of President Donald Trump’s showdown with Venezuela started Saturday, when the United States launched a large-scale series of strikes – followed hours later by Trump’s announcement that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been captured by US forces, and removed

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