Protests in Minnesota: This is what happened

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Large demonstrations in Minneapolis. The picture is from last Friday. Photo: Abbie Parr/AP/TT

The protests in Minnesota continue after the immigration police ICE killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday.

This has happened in recent weeks.

December 2025: Immigration police ICE begins an operation in Minneapolis and the neighboring city of Saint Paul. Several people are arrested.

January 6, 2026:

The operations are expanded in the state of Minnesota against migrants who are illegally in the United States. Around 2,000 representatives of the immigration unit ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are then in the state. Large protests are held against the immigration police operations.

January 7:

Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, a U.S. citizen, is shot and killed by an ICE agent while in a car in Minneapolis. Both Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have sharply criticized ICE for its actions. However, President Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, have defended the shooting, claiming that the ICE agent acted in self-defense. Since the shooting of Renee Good, daily protests against immigration enforcement have been held in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

January 9:

ICE reinforces its efforts with 200 additional federal agents in Minnesota.

January 12:

The state of Minnesota and the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul sue the U.S. government for trying to stop ICE agents in the state.

January 14:

A Venezuelan man is shot in the leg in Minneapolis. According to authorities, it happened when two men attacked ICE agents with shovels during an intervention.

January 21:

A five-year-old boy is arrested with his father in the driveway of the family's house in the Minneapolis area. The boy had just come home from school.

January 23:

About 100 priests are arrested at a demonstration against ICE at Minnesota's largest airport.

January 24:

Another fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Photos show how ICE agents fire several shots at a man who was first wrestled to a sidewalk. According to Police Chief Brian O'Hara, it was a 37-year-old American citizen who lived in the city with no known criminal history who was shot to death.