Meg Anderson
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Reporter's Notebook: Living and reporting from Minneapolis in crisis
In Minneapolis, disruption has become part of daily life for nearly everyone, including for NPR reporter Meg Anderson. Many residents are living in fear and uncertainty.
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Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
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Statewide economic blackout planned in Minnesota to protest ICE enforcement
Many businesses in Minnesota will be closed Friday as demonstrators plan protests and a statewide economic blackout to push back against the ongoing ICE enforcement in the state.
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The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined and stressed. Across the Twin Cities, kids are anxious and afraid.
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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to stop anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against ICE, but local leaders say it's the White House that's escalating the situation.
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Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.
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Minnesota steps up its resistance to the Trump Administration's surge of ICE officers
A snapshot of ICE actions around Minneapolis Monday, and the various ways the community is responding.
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Somber Minneapolis demonstrators protest fatal shooting of woman by ICE officer
Hundreds of somber demonstrators took to Minneapolis' frozen streets to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent.
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Minnesota leaders denounce Trump's immigration crackdown after deadly shooting
Minnesota state and city leaders condemned the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis following Wednesday's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent.
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Criminal justice experts explain why crime rates fell in 2025
Crime rates in the U.S. fell in 2025. Murders in particular fell dramatically. That is a major takeaway among criminal justice experts as we approach the year's end.
