The recent surge in federal law enforcement activity is increasingly affecting school children across the state. Some schools are offering online learning to students to afraid to go to school, while others see soaring absenteeism.
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The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family members from their home before taking him away.
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The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as “bait” to try and draw family members from their home before taking him away.
Read full story →The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained four of its students in four separate incidents over the last two weeks. One child is a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school and was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.
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As federal agents continue their surge in Minnesota, Twin Cities parents are organizing to support their immigrant neighbors. MPR News spoke to a parent group that’s driving neighbor kids to school, delivering groceries, doing laundry and patrolling the perimeter of their school building.
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With around 30 students enrolled, Southside Family Charter School switched to online learning after conservative news articles and social media posts seized upon the school’s social justice focus.
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From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some schools with families fearing being caught up in ICE operations.
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After closing due to safety concerns last week, several Twin Cities school districts reopened their doors Monday to students with added safety measures amid a surge in immigration enforcement. More student walkouts protesting ICE operations are expected across the region.
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This story includes live updates from Jan. 12, 2026: Ellison announces plan to sue the federal government to end the ICE surge in Minnesota, schools weigh virtual options.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says her office is seeking out evidence to conduct a local investigation into this week's fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
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Twin Cities area schools are struggling with the heightened presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in the Twin Cities and the killing of a woman by an ICE agent. Several canceled classes this week. School leaders say families are scared and absenteeism is climbing.
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This story includes live updates from Jan. 9, 2026: Protests continue across the state for Renee Macklin Good who was killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty asked the public to send her office videos, photos and any other information around the shooting.
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Augsburg University president Paul Pribbenow said the school will now be locking more buildings so that ICE agents cannot enter without a warrant. Federal officials say university staff “attempted to obstruct the arrest.”
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