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How ICE’s Increased Funding and Rapid Evolution Set the Stage for Minneapolis

On today’s Big Take: how states are responding to unprecedented waves of ICE officers in the wake of the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis, on Jan. 8,Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg

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By Sarah Holder and David Fox

January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC

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This week, following the deadly shooting of Renée Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota sued the federal government in a bid to kick out thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.