Vice President JD Vance held a press conference in Minneapolis on Thursday, calling for “more cooperation with state, local and federal officials as a way to ‘tone down the temperature a little bit but still enforce the nation’s immigration laws’ during the federal government’s immigration enforcement surge in the Twin Cities but then blamed Minnesota officials for the problems and defended the tactics of federal agents,” according to MPR News.
When will the immigration crackdown end? The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that “federal agents have no plans to end the surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota,” citing U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.
A total of three people have now been arrested for their involvement in an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday, The Associated Press reports. In addition to longtime activist Nikita Levy Armstrong, Saint Paul School Board Member Chauntyll Allen and Army veteran William Kelly have been arrested.
Dangerously cold air will grip much of the state through Sunday, Bring Me The News reports. Wind chills on Friday morning could reach -55 in some parts of the state. “Most locations will plunge into the 20s and 30s below zero, with the Twin Cities holding the teens below. The worst of it arrives early Friday with wind chills ranging from 35 to 55 below zero. Temps near 20 degrees aren’t likely again until early February.
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