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U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents struck at the heart of Minneapolis’s Latino community Saturday, with a high-profile presence and apparent collaboration by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minneapolis Police Department. Though law enforcement officials claimed the operation targeted identified suspects involved in human trafficking, activists say they also stopped Latino pedestrians, demanding identification and verification of immigration status. The high-profile operation sent people running in panic, emptying some stores in the middle of the week’s busiest shopping day. MORE »