For weeks, thousands of federal immigration authorities and thousands of citizen observers have faced off on the cold streets of Minneapolis.
On Monday, the White House sought to de-escalate turmoil in the state as judges heard challenges to federal immigration enforcement. But the ICE-watchdog movement that has grown exponentially in Minneapolis has raised questions about the rules of engagement for observers and federal immigration agents going forward.
Dan Engelhart, a northeast Minneapolis resident and a commissioner on the city’s park board, said he doesn’t trust statements about a pullback on Operation Metro Surge, which the federal government has called its largest-ever immigration-enforcement action.
“We’re going to keep building community in a way we’ve never seen before,” he said. “There’s so much repair to do.”