Minnesota

• Border Czar Says He Is Pulling 700 Immigration Agents Out of Minneapolis - About 2,000 personnel will be left in Minnesota, where President Trump’s immigration crackdown has generated outrage.
• Trump admin to withdraw 700 federal officers from Minnesota: Homan - The Trump administration will draw down about 25% of its law enforcement officers from Minnesota on Wednesday, border czar Tom Homan said.
• A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children - “It’s like living in fear all the time,” a teenager said about the federal raids that have shattered families.
• ‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo - President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
• Can Tom Homan De-escalate ICE Tensions in Minnesota? - The White House border czar wants to focus more on getting immigrants already in jails. He’ll have to persuade Democrats to do it.
• ICE Is a ‘Secret Police’ Americans Didn’t Ask For - Amid national protests, the round table convenes to debate what anti-ICE tactics should look like.
• Federal Judge Denies Request to Block ICE Surge in Minnesota - Local officials had argued that the decision to send some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota amounted to a violation of state sovereignty.
• ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say. - Letters from students living in fear.
• ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants - An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.
• Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics Across Cities - Many police departments adopted major changes after civilian killings. Now, police chiefs worry ICE is ignoring those lessons and setting back efforts to improve public trust.