The Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota has escalated into a national flashpoint, with federal agents reported to be targeting members of the public based on race, according to local officials, and Minneapolis's mayor calling for an end to what he called an ICE siege.
On January 30, Senate Democrats reached a deal with the White House to split off Department of Homeland Security funding from the broader spending bill, an unusual maneuver designed to avert a shutdown tied to the enforcement campaign. Senator Susan Collins said DHS had paused one of its operations; the administration denied it.
The Data Question
A Department of Justice court filing this month acknowledged that Elon Musk's DOGE team may have accessed private Social Security data, a disclosure that has become a lightning rod in hearings about the scope of the new administration's automation push.
The data intelligence firm Palantir has received more than $81 million in ICE contracts since last January, 404 Media reported, including tools the outlet said help ICE identify neighborhoods to raid. State officials in Minnesota have asked federal judges to end the campaign in their communities.
