The message sent For years, several progressive-led cities, counties, and campuses in Minnesota have had “sanctuary” policies that have prohibited sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Recent ICE activity…
A Promising Trend Crime in Minneapolis appears to be trending down so far in 2025. For the first time in years, a review of the Minneapolis Crime Data Dashboard shows…
On Wednesday, March 12, Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer testified in the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee in support of HF 16. You can see a write-up of the hearing…
The Center for Immigration Studies recently updated what’s widely viewed as an authoritative list of sanctuary jurisdictions under the following criteria. These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations,…
Local law enforcement officials continue to wrestle with the quandary of how to handle illegal immigrants in custody and the legal questions raised by cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs…
It was a far cry from the sweeping raids targeting illegal immigrants in some cities, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were spotted in action Wednesday in Rochester, Minnesota’s…
On January 20, 2025, President Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. One of his top campaign promises was to immediately address the failed…
The following public safety issues made headlines this past week. I offer this summary and insight: Random execution-style murder in Lowertown St. Paul. On Wednesday 9/25/24, a local artist, Carrie Shobe…
According to the federal government’s own data, there have been nearly 11 million illegal border crossing encounters (2.675 million/year) between 2021 and 2024. By comparison, there were just over 3 million…
The modern coach-style tour bus parked in front of a south metro suburban hotel gave little hint as to the epic journey it had just completed. The blue and white…
The so-called North Star Act would prohibit cooperation on the part of local, county and state law enforcement agencies with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. American Experiment’s latest Thinking…
The world may never know. Over at PowerLine, John Hinderaker records the recent multi-state criminal history of the Venezuelan illegal immigrant accused of murdering that nursing student in Athens, GA.…
In last week’s legislative preview, we commented that the proposed fix to the SRO issue was on the right track, “but it remains to be seen if the defund-the-police crowd…
The 2024 legislative session begins Monday with Gov. Tim Walz telling the Star Tribune “this is going to be one of the more challenging sessions that I’ve had as governor…
HF 2860, if passed into law, would make Minnesota the nation’s 13th sanctuary state. The bill was introduced by Rep. Sandra Feist (DFL-New Brighton), the Vice Chair of the House…
It was only a matter of time until the seemingly endless stream of illegal immigrants and human smugglers aiding and abetting them started probing the porous U.S. border with Canada.…
The breakdown of Minnesota’s law enforcement institutions isn’t new, neither are the solutions.
On June 5 a state trooper attempted to stop a car for speeding and driving on the shoulder of I-35E in St. Paul. The driver, Pablo Nava Jaimes, 30, of Minneapolis,…
With renewed calls for Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson to resign because of his dangerous DWI incident last month, let’s take a look back at how he ascended into the…
Apparently U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) foresees a demand for considerably more jail cells to house undocumented immigrants taken into custody in Minnesota. ICE relies on a network of…
Minnesotans want to think beyond the policies of the Dayton administration, especially about taxes and spending.
Marxist philosophy, abortion, gun control, open borders and transgender advancement were among the political ideas marketed to educators and their classrooms last weekend at the National Education Association (NEA) annual…
From today’s Pioneer Press, an appalling story that should be a wake-up call: A Detroit-area emergency room doctor has been charged for allegedly performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls…
Provocative posters were put up by a student group at Gustavus Adolphus College on Tuesday in “an effort to start a dialogue about diversity and immigration.” Except students didn’t know…