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Minnesota's Ramsey County Probes ICE Agents for Kidnapping

Were ICE's Minneapolis raids a constitutional federal duty or an unlawful occupation that terrorized the community?

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Minnesota's Ramsey County Probes ICE Agents for Kidnapping

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Above: Federal immigration agents detain a man in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan 27, 2026. Image credit: Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

What ICE agents did to Thao wasn't law enforcement; it was kidnapping. Ramsey County is right to launch a criminal probe, and the feds' stonewalling on agent identities only confirms that they have something to hide. The raids tanked immigrant neighborhood economies and terrorized multiple communities, and calling it anything other than a criminal occupation was dishonest.

Bill Madden on X The American Prospect

Right narrative

Ramsey County's "kidnapping" probe is political theater designed to shield a broken system that protects criminal illegal migrants over law-abiding residents. ICE's presence in Minneapolis was always constitutional, and under the Supremacy Clause, no city should fail to cooperate or attempt to investigate federal agents after the fact. Local officials' refusal to share intelligence and coordinate directly caused the most trouble.

Phillip C Parrish on X The Wall Street Journal

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Editor's Note

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