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Minneapolis mayor, six months after Trump’s takeover of his city: ‘The danger of a new invasion still exists’

13 June 2026 at 05:00
Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, on May 19 in Washington.

Six months ago, Jacob Frey, 44, went from being mayor of Minneapolis to governing an occupied city. Between 3,000 and 4,000 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dispatched by Donald Trump, descended on the state of Minnesota in December of 2025. This was under the pretext of combating fraud within the burgeoning local Somali community.

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Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, pictured during his interview with EL PAÍS.Faces of the Minneapolis protests. Top row, from left: Sarah Chargin, Mike Camilleri, Abe Eversman, Josiah Myeog, Julie Prokes and Lesley Ernst. Bottom row, also from left: Nekima Levy Armstrong, Jim Winterer, Una Rana Cualquiera (“Any Frog”), Cathy Anderson, Joey Keillor and Rogelio Aguilar.

Real ID and Kristi Noem’s Authoritarian Take on Travel

8 May 2025 at 18:34
by Adam Dick | Ron Paul Institute for Peace And Prosperity Speaking Tuesday before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations regarding the implementation of REAL ID mandates on travelers, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem displayed succinctly in one sentence her disdain for the right of Americans to travel freely and her support instead for an authoritarian approach to travel. “But we are telling people that this law will be enforced and it will allow us to know individuals in this country who they are and that they’re authorized to travel,” declared […]
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