On The Ground In Minneapolis
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
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These moves follow days of protests in response to the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last Wednesday. Since then, the agency’s officers have continued to ramp up raids and use increasingly aggressive tactics.
What are people on the ground in Minneapolis seeing in their city? What might the way forward look like?
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| 0:00.0 | Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Monday to end the surge of immigration |
| 0:12.6 | enforcement officers in the state. A thousand more ICE officers are set to be deployed to Minnesota |
| 0:18.6 | in the coming days. That's on top of 2,000 federal agents |
| 0:21.9 | reportedly in the area already. These moves come after days of protests and response to the fatal |
| 0:27.9 | shooting of Renee Maclin Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week. Since then, the agency's |
| 0:34.4 | officers have continued to ramp up raids and use increasingly aggressive tactics. |
| 0:39.3 | Today, we talk to people on the ground in Minneapolis. |
| 0:42.1 | What are they seeing in their city? |
| 0:43.8 | And what might the way forward look like? |
| 0:46.3 | But first, after the break, we're joined by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. |
| 0:50.8 | For weeks, he warned of the combustible situation in his city, |
| 0:56.3 | saying tensions between ICE agents and Twin City residents could end in tragedy. He joins us to talk about public safety in Minneapolis and what |
| 1:01.9 | comes next to restore the peace in his city. I'm Jen White. You're listening to the OneA podcast. We'll be back |
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