Minnesota ICE Raids and Renee Good Shooting

Federal prosecutors have opened an 18 U.S.C. §372 investigation into whether Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, AG Keith Ellison and other Minnesota officials conspired to impede Operation Metro Surge—an approximately 3,000‑agent ICE/Border Patrol deployment—and have served grand‑jury subpoenas on multiple state and local offices as protests escalated after the ICE‑related killing of Renee Good. At the same time, federal judges in Minnesota have imposed limits on how federal officers may police demonstrations and ordered preservation of evidence amid contested DOJ/DHS handling of the Good and Alex Pretti shootings, developments that have prompted accusations of evidence obstruction and politicization of the justice system.

President Trump has threatened to withhold unspecified federal payments to jurisdictions he labels "sanctuary" beginning Feb. 1, echoing remarks at the Detroit Economic Club and an August executive order directing DOJ and DHS to compile lists and cut funds. The threat comes after DOJ identified more than 30 jurisdictions (including Minnesota), even as a federal judge has enjoined the administration from withholding funds from 16 jurisdictions, and has provoked local backlash such as a Hennepin County committee resolution condemning ICE and calling for its removal amid reports of an additional 1,000 ICE agents being deployed to the Minneapolis area.