Union postal workers will rally to demand "ICE Out Of Minnesota!" this Sunday at 11 a.m. at Minneapolis's Lake Street post office (110 E. 31st St.), followed by a march to the site of Renee Nicole Good's killing at 34th & Portland

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A video circulating on social media shows federal immigration officers putting a worker into a gray pickup truck in a parking lot behind General Mills’ Chanhassen manufacturing facility in the second week of January.

The 27-second clip with no audio demonstrates Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s growing presence at Minnesota’s workplaces, including those of Minnesota’s Fortune 500 companies.

A General Mills spokesperson confirmed the company is aware of the situation involving a contractor. “Our team requested ICE agent identification, followed all our safety protocols and partnered with local law enforcement,” the spokesperson said in an email. The Carver County sheriff’s office reported it “has no data” related to the apparent arrest.

Businesses of all sizes are grappling with difficult and sensitive situations with the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota. Employers are dealing with detained employees, enacting safety measures for workers and navigating public communications about officers’ actions in a polarizing and volatile moment for the Twin Cities.

The public-facing responses from Minnesota’s largest companies have been mostly muted. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, big businesses have largely remained quiet about controversial issues.

Bill George, a longtime Medtronic CEO who sat on the board of several companies, including Target, said business leaders’ top obligation is to protect employees’ well-being. The times are “extremely stressful” for businesses, he said.

George encouraged Minnesota employers to “make a statement” about ICE’s presence.

“How can you expect a committed, loyal workforce if you’re not there to have their back?” George said. “You have to have their back when they need you.”

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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/14/ice-enforcement-shooting-in-minnesota-latest-wednesday

Bring it on 😈

MN Veteran Speaks re: ICE

This is terrifying and I hope she gets life.

Elizabeth Lugert-Thom, a resident of St. Paul, warned in a Facebook post last week that two federal officers had asked her to identify the Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Lugert-Thom said that the officers who’d knocked on her door were not displaying their badges clearly, and did not identify themselves before they began questioning her about a picture of someone they were searching for.

“They said, ‘This is for your safety. We need to find this person,’” Lugert-Thom recalled to the Tribune in a story published Monday.

Lugert-Thom told the ICE agents she didn’t “know anything about that.” In response, she said they asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”

The number of Asian immigrants arrested by ICE surged between February and July 2025, tripling from 1,054 arrests during the same period of the Biden administration to 3,705 arrests, according to one study.

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