Hi everyone,

I’m Alexandra, editor of the city desk here at the Daily! I wanted to highlight the amazing and hard work all the city reporters have done so far this semester – especially our ICE-related coverage. So please scroll to check out that, and maybe visit the website to see coverage about the state legislature and university-related issues.

Happy spring break and get on reading!

Sincerely,

Alexandra DeYoe | City Editor | [email protected]

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Twin Cities organizations continue work against ICE

by Trevor Dunning | City Reporter | Published Feb. 25, 2026

Organizations across the Twin Cities continue their fight against Operation Metro Surge as Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations wind down. They are focusing on local and state public relief efforts, hoping to pass several ICE-related bills this legislative session. 

Unidos MN, a grassroots organization based out of the Twin Cities, sat in on an Education Policy Committee meeting at the 2026 Minnesota legislative session Feb. 18. Public testimony was provided by a high school student pulled over with friends in her car by ICE agents. 

“There still is a remnant that continues to move in,” Unidos MN Communications Director Luis Argueta said. “I think my fear is that they’re moving now just even a little bit more effectively.”

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