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Bondi’s injection of voter roll demands into Minneapolis ICE tensions draws claims of ‘ransom’

By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand that Minnesota hand over sensitive voter registration records to the federal government amid tensions over ICE and immigration enforcement underscores the importance of the administration’s nationwide data grab that is facing resistance in multiple states and has stumbled in the courts. The

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing on January 26.

White House shows first signs of retreat as backlash grows over Minnesota killing

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents in Minnesota late last year — replacing the leader of the crackdown on the ground and signaling new willingness to cooperate with the state’s Democratic elected officials. But the

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A photograph of the pistol recovered by immigration agents after a shooting in Minneapolis

Confusion and questions: Where investigations stand in the killing of Alex Pretti

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti had

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A photograph of the pistol recovered by immigration agents after a shooting in Minneapolis

Confusion and questions: Where investigations stand in the killing of Alex Pretti

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti

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Customs and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on Sunday.

Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday and return to their respective sectors, according to three sources familiar the discussions, sidelining a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The move

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White House "Border Czar" Tom Homan walks toward reporters before answering questions outside the White House on September 8 in Washington

Who is Tom Homan, the White House border czar Trump is deploying to Minnesota?

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The White House border czar who President Donald Trump is dispatching to Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of two US citizens is a longtime law enforcement official who has pushed for some of the Trump administration’s controversial immigration-related policies. Trump said Monday he was sending

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Chris Madel speaks during a press conference in Minneapolis on January 29

Chris Madel, a Republican running for Minnesota governor, ends his bid and criticizes ICE

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said Monday that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities. “I cannot support the national Republicans’ stated retribution on the citizens of

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Police officers stand guard at the scene of a shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on January 26.

Gun rights groups and legal experts question Trump administration’s stance on the Second Amendment after shooting

By Devan Cole, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with the president. The

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Trump administration redoubles immigration enforcement strategy as cracks emerge in the president’s coalition

By Betsy Klein, Alayna Treene, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are doubling down on their hardline immigration policies and rhetoric following the shooting of a US citizen by a federal officer in Minneapolis — even as the incident has revealed cracks in the president’s coalition. A

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What Trump officials claimed about Alex Pretti — and what the evidence actually shows

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have responded to the killing of Alex Pretti by the Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday with a torrent of claims that are either contradicted by video footage or unsupported by any evidence presented so far. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed

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