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MN Police Criticize ICE, Thousand-Mile Storm & Hybrid Creep - Wednesday, January 21, 2026

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The news to know for Wednesday, January 21, 2026!

We're talking about new tensions in Minnesota as local law enforcement officials lay out new demands for ICE agents.

Also, President Trump seems to be escalating tensions with U.S. allies over Greenland.

And an extreme winter storm could stretch more than a thousand miles across the U.S.

Plus: a call to action from the American Red Cross, new technology guidelines from a leading medical organization, and a baseball player who overcame a cheating controversy to become a Hall of Famer.

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0:00.0

Today is Wednesday, January 21st. We're talking about new tensions in Minnesota as local law enforcement

0:05.7

officials lay out new demands for ice agents. Also, President Trump seems to be escalating tensions

0:10.8

with U.S. allies over Greenland. And an extreme winter storm could stretch more than a thousand miles

0:16.4

across the U.S. Plus, a call to action from the American Red Cross, new technology guidelines from a leading

0:22.3

medical organization, and a baseball player who overcame a cheating controversy to become

0:27.2

a Hall of Famer.

0:28.5

Those stories and even more news coming up.

0:32.2

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes.

0:36.5

I'm Erica Mandy.

0:38.7

Thanks so much for being here.

0:47.4

Let's do this. Top Minnesota police officials are increasingly criticizing the tactics federal agents have been using during the immigration crackdown. And now, as one sheriff put it, quote,

0:51.7

we demand more from our federal government, more professionalism,

0:55.0

more accountability, more humanity. The Minneapolis police chief told CBS News's 60 Minutes that a video

1:00.9

of ICE agents pulling a disabled woman who was also a U.S. citizen out of her car and carrying

1:05.5

her by the arms and legs pissed him off. Other local law enforcement say ICE agents have been

1:10.1

profiling American citizens,

1:12.1

including off-duty officers, detaining them, drawing weapons, and demanding their citizenship papers.

1:17.5

One Minnesota man with a story like that saw his picture spread all over the internet this week,

1:21.8

and now he's telling his story to news outlets. He says ice officers broke down his door with guns drawn,

1:27.2

handcuffed him,

1:28.1

and forced him outside into the snow wearing just boxer shorts and crocs. He's an American citizen

1:32.8

with no criminal record and says he was looking for his ID when officers detained him.

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