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Is Trump scaling back ICE’s operations in Minnesota?
Season 1, Ep. 1287
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After a second civilian is killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, pressure is mounting for a formal investigation into the shooting. Trump has recalled the senior border patrol commander in charge of the operation in Minneapolis, but does this represent a real scaling back of immigration enforcement in Minnesota?
Writer: Madeleine Parr
Producer: Madeleine Parr
Host: Ada Barumé
Episode photography: Sofia Fenton
Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett
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