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

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.
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How the far right stirs up protests against immigration in Britain

It was extreme even for a figure like Nigel Farage. Hours after the police footage of officers handcuffing Henry Nowak on the fatal night of December 3 in Southampton became public and spread like wildfire on social media, the Reform UK leader called on citizens to respond with “pure, cold rage.” The young Nowak had been fatally stabbed by a man of Sikh faith and Asian descent, who later falsely accused him of a racist attack. “I can’t breathe,” the victim shouted up to nine times, to the officers’ disbelief as they moved against him. His cry of agony echoed the words George Floyd uttered on the streets of Minneapolis, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Protest in London called by far-right leader Tommy Robinson.
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