In Minneapolis, there were few signs of a reduction in force on the streets, where tensions have been high since the shooting. AdvertisementOn Wednesday morning, protesters gathered outside the federal Whipple Building, the epicenter of immigration activity in the city, as a steady stream of federal agents entered and exited. The rate of cars he saw Wednesday, he said, was “business as usual.”“They’ve entrenched themselves here,” he said of federal agents. Encrypted neighborhood group chats continued to circulate information about possible sightings of immigration agents. Beyond that, he said the administration should ramp up its training of federal immigration agents and rethink roving patrols that targeted people, regardless of their legal status, based on their skin color.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2026 00:52 UTC