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Grand jury subpoenas went out to several local and state leaders, including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry.
The investigation centers on public comments both made after 37-year-old Renee Macklin-Good was killed by an ICE agent two weeks ago.
Officials in the Twin Cities are calling the subpoenas an intimidation tactic.
while the administration accuses Walsh and Fry of using heated rhetoric.
Meanwhile, those opposed to the federal immigration surge in Minneapolis are calling for a general strike on Friday, encouraging residents across the state to stay home from work and school, and refrain from shopping in an act of protest.
More than 300 businesses have said they plan to close.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Minneapolis.
Grand jury subpoenas went out to several local and state leaders, including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry.
The investigation centers on public comments both made after 37-year-old Renee Macklin-Good was killed by an ICE agent two weeks ago.
Officials in the Twin Cities are calling the subpoenas an intimidation tactic.
while the administration accuses Walsh and Fry of using heated rhetoric.
Meanwhile, those opposed to the federal immigration surge in Minneapolis are calling for a general strike on Friday, encouraging residents across the state to stay home from work and school, and refrain from shopping in an act of protest.
More than 300 businesses have said they plan to close.
Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Minneapolis.
The Department of Homeland Security has not released a breakdown of the number of arrests made by federal immigration officers here in Minneapolis.
But in a tweet, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says there have been 3,000 in the six weeks since the federal surge began.
NPR has not been able to independently verify that number.
Several American citizens were among those detained in Minneapolis and later released.
Meanwhile, many here say they plan to continue pushing back.
I really think there is a sense of, we'll do this for as long as we need to.