Episode Details

After Border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 immigration enforcement officers would leave Minnesota, reports emerged that county sheriffs were exploring ways to honor "ICE detainers" despite state law barring them from holding inmates beyond their release dates. It's legally complicated, and thankfully Ana Pottratz Acosta, a visiting law professor at the University of Minnesota and a lawyer specializing in immigration and human rights, was able to chat with host Sean McPherson on the podcast today to break it all down. Longtime local news producer, media consultant, and adjunct journalism professor Sam Choo and Producer Adam Sage also join the conversation to cover a new lawsuit being brought by multiple school districts against the DHS and to share some Twin Cities wins from the week.

Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode:

• ICE Demands More Access to Minnesota Inmates. But It’s Complicated. (New York Times)
• County attorneys nix plan between Minnesota sheriffs and ICE (MinnPost) 
• Minnesota sheriffs group, border czar Tom Homan negotiating blueprint for federal drawdown (Star Tribune)
• Minnesota school districts, teachers union sue Trump administration over ICE activity near schools (Star Tribune) 
• Attendance drops at Minnesota schools as federal immigration enforcement intensifies anxieties (Star Tribune)
• Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt (MPR)
• Minnesota clinics look to fill gap in gender-affirming care after Children's Minnesota pause (MPR)
  

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