The incident This morning, shortly before 10:00 a.m. at East 34th Street and Portland Ave So., Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were conducting enforcement activity. In what has become almost…
In recent days it was reported that the Hampton Inn in Lakeville, Minnesota had cancelled the reservations of several Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents who had planned to stay…
Minnesota’s trauma lifeline is a matter of life and death When 12-year-old Sophia Forchas stepped out of a stretch limousine to a hero’s welcome at Hennepin Healthcare Medical Center (HCMC),…
As goes the Aquatennial, so goes Minneapolis Minneapolis, known as the “City of Lakes,” will no longer host the Aquatennial, its signature summer event since 1940. It’s also pulling the…
There are few topics in 2025 that have drawn as much attention in the U.S. as immigration enforcement. In Minnesota the topic rose to the top of mind for many…
Governor Tim Walz and other Democrat elected leaders held a joint press conference today at Shiloh Temple in North Minneapolis. The purpose was to continue “whistling” their opposition to the surge…
A call to resign Minnesota’s 87 elected sheriffs met on December 8 for their annual Minnesota Sheriff’s Association (MSA) business meeting. In dramatic fashion, these law enforcement leaders issued a…
Earlier this month, a student at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead alerted school officials that a 13-year-old male student was in possession of a large bag of blue pills at…
Gorgonio Yanez-Magallanes is our Minnesota Man of the Day for December 18. Yanez is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon to enter a guilty…
In December 2022, I sounded an alarm over the threat the open border policies of the Biden Administration posed to our national security. In the piece Border (In)security — one…
Oscar Zuniga-Alcala is our Minnesota Man of the Day for December 15. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this morning to plead guilty to a…
Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye is our Minnesota Man of the Day for December 12. He is a Nigerian native but currently resides in Plymouth. Mr. Bamigboye was the subject of those…
A warning This summer I blew the whistle on the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ (DOC) early release incentive that was about to go into effect. As planned, the DOC intended…
According to the Internal Revenue Service, employers in the United States “are required to get each employee’s name and Social Security number (SSN) and to enter them on Form W-2…
It’s only Wednesday morning, but I’m going out on a limb and awarding Minnesota Man of the Week honors to Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, age 40, of Mexico. Munoz is on…
In recent weeks, in response to ICE’s Operation Metro Surge, nearly every major law enforcement agency in the Twin Cities has taken the time to put out a statement to…
Jose Israel Tenesaca-Mejia, 21, of East Haven, CT, is our Connecticut Man of the Day for December 5. Tenesaca appeared in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon. He was…
Jeffrey Lopez-Suazo, age 26 of Honduras, wins Minnesota Man of the Day honors for December 3. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon…
“We did our job” The list of criminal justice system partners who have dealt with Adbimahat Bille Mohamed, 28, is long. It includes the Hennepin County Attorney, the Hennepin County…
Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, age 39, a citizen of Mexico, is scheduled to face a jury beginning Monday, December 8, accused of a single felony count of assault of a federal…
Blame the system, excuse the behavior In 2023, shortly after taking office, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty hired the University of Minnesota to conduct a study of juvenile justice system…
Casual Minnesota consumers of the news or social media are being, not so subtly, influenced to believe that enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are creating “chaos” and…
Robin Jayderi (or Javier) Marroquin-Pineda of Guatemala, age 29, is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 25. He’s one of our OGs in the Minnesota Man series, having…
Felipe David Cruz-Romero, age 38 of El Salvador, is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 24. He is due in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this morning for…