The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports that 400 arrests have been made in Minnesota since operations began on Dec. 1. The enforcement actions have centered primarily on Minneapolis’ Somali community, particularly near Karmel Mall, the nation’s first Somali shopping center.
On Monday afternoon, dozens of residents confronted ICE agents near Lake Street and Pillsbury Avenue in south Minneapolis. WCCO reporter Esme Murphy, who was at the scene, described hearing whistles followed by people screaming and running, with pushing and shoving before agents detained a woman face-down on the ground…