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Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending
‘It’s happening here’: ICE turns quiet Minnesota suburbs into conflict zones
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending
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Seamus Culleton has been held for five months despite having valid work permit and being married to US national
Irishman held by ICE was issued warrant over 2009 drug offense in Ireland
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Seamus Culleton has been held for five months despite having valid work permit and being married to US national
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
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February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Kids like 7-year-old Mia write about missing their friends and family, wanting to go back to school, and not sleeping or eating well at the Dilley detention center in Texas. These stories expose the inhumanity of this administration's immigration policies.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Kids like 7-year-old Mia write about missing their friends and family, wanting to go back to school, and not sleeping or eating well at the Dilley detention center in Texas. These stories expose the inhumanity of this administration's immigration policies.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
Cruelty is the only plausible motivation for any of this. Cruelty for those detained. Cruelty for those who are afraid of detention.
The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street
The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Cruelty is the only plausible motivation for any of this. Cruelty for those detained. Cruelty for those who are afraid of detention.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.
‘Nobody gives me information’: Jacksonville-area man held in ‘Deportation Depot’ for weeks talks conditions, challenges
Macario Pablo-Reyes, 49, has been held for weeks at the Baker County Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, sometimes referred to as the “Deportation Depot.”
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Legally here on a work permit. Arrested when he went to renew it. Not fighting his deportation. Yet he's been in detention 29 days. No access to a lawyer. Has been given no information about his case. Family inquiries also ignored. ICE only responded when local news requested comment.
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Source:
#67 in The Advocates for Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00749) – CourtListener.com
Declaration of O. in Support of 17 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order - Expedited Handling Requested filed by L.H.M., The Advocates for Human Rights.(Dougherty, Rachel) (Entered: 02/03/2026)
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February 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Another example of ICE using deceit & coercion in attempting to induce an immigrant prisoner to “self-deport” — even though a court had already ordered her release:
“ICE agents had been pressuring her to self-deport while I had been working to get the judge's order
effectuated.”
“ICE agents had been pressuring her to self-deport while I had been working to get the judge's order
effectuated.”
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Another example of ICE using deceit & coercion in attempting to induce an immigrant prisoner to “self-deport” — even though a court had already ordered her release:
“ICE agents had been pressuring her to self-deport while I had been working to get the judge's order
effectuated.”
“ICE agents had been pressuring her to self-deport while I had been working to get the judge's order
effectuated.”
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano:
- 4th Grader
- Detained for a month
- Her family sought asylum at the border, and their case in ongoing
Simply abusive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- 4th Grader
- Detained for a month
- Her family sought asylum at the border, and their case in ongoing
Simply abusive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Minnesota girl, 10, released from ICE custody after a month in detention
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano and her mother released from Texas facility to head back to Minnesota to reunite with her father
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano:
- 4th Grader
- Detained for a month
- Her family sought asylum at the border, and their case in ongoing
Simply abusive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- 4th Grader
- Detained for a month
- Her family sought asylum at the border, and their case in ongoing
Simply abusive.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The Hennepin County Jail already provides legally required information to ICE.
Using local taxpayer resources to further assist the federal government in civil immigration enforcement is inappropriate.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
Using local taxpayer resources to further assist the federal government in civil immigration enforcement is inappropriate.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The Hennepin County Jail already provides legally required information to ICE.
Using local taxpayer resources to further assist the federal government in civil immigration enforcement is inappropriate.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
Using local taxpayer resources to further assist the federal government in civil immigration enforcement is inappropriate.
www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...
Meet Thi Dua Vang!
- In the US legally (Asylum from religious persecution)
- Detained by ICE for almost 2 weeks (and lost her job)
- Almost deported!
- Continues to be harassed by ICE!!
- Afraid to go outside!!!
This isn't immigration enforcement, it's abuse.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
- In the US legally (Asylum from religious persecution)
- Detained by ICE for almost 2 weeks (and lost her job)
- Almost deported!
- Continues to be harassed by ICE!!
- Afraid to go outside!!!
This isn't immigration enforcement, it's abuse.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Meet Thi Dua Vang!
- In the US legally (Asylum from religious persecution)
- Detained by ICE for almost 2 weeks (and lost her job)
- Almost deported!
- Continues to be harassed by ICE!!
- Afraid to go outside!!!
This isn't immigration enforcement, it's abuse.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
- In the US legally (Asylum from religious persecution)
- Detained by ICE for almost 2 weeks (and lost her job)
- Almost deported!
- Continues to be harassed by ICE!!
- Afraid to go outside!!!
This isn't immigration enforcement, it's abuse.
www.kare11.com/article/news...