Has ICE become the US president's 'private army'?
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The Times
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Since an ICE agent shot and killed US citizen Renee Good on January 7, Minneapolis has erupted in protests. Thousands have taken to the streets as federal authorities deployed thousands more immigration officers, resulting in more than 3,000 arrests. So how did we get here, how did ICE become so powerful, and why has the city become a flashpoint for the country?
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| 0:00.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 0:09.6 | In a pat-hall at the World Economic Forum, in front of an audience of global leaders waiting with bated breath, |
| 0:17.7 | President Trump addressed the issue everyone wanted to hear about, Greenland. |
| 0:23.4 | Big, beautiful piece of ice. It's hard to call it land. It's a big piece of ice. |
| 0:28.7 | But even here at Davos, it was clear that Greenland wasn't the only place or the only ice |
| 0:36.3 | that are preoccupying the president's thoughts. |
| 0:38.3 | And then ice gets beat up by stupid people from leadership in Minnesota. |
| 0:45.3 | We actually are helping Minnesota so much, but they don't appreciate it. |
| 0:49.3 | Most places do. |
| 0:50.3 | You know, Washington, D.C. |
| 0:51.3 | Since the killing of a local woman, Rene Good on the 7th of January by an ICE agent, |
| 0:58.1 | thousands of Minnesotans have taken to the streets in protest. |
| 1:06.9 | You can feel the presence of a militarized force in our city that feels dangerous. |
| 1:19.3 | It feels unpredictable. |
| 1:21.8 | It feels like a tinderbox. |
| 1:33.7 | 2,000 more ice agents have been ordered onto the streets of Minneapolis and tear gas as being used. |
| 1:38.1 | But President Trump is blaming the protesters for the disorder. |
| 1:42.9 | These are professional agitators and professional people that want to see our country do badly. |
| 1:47.7 | But that's not happening because we have the hottest country anywhere in the world, despite this. |
| 1:55.9 | The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Fry, has condemned ICE, telling them to get out of his city. |
| 1:57.8 | We do not want you here. |
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