Prosecutors Resign Over ICE Investigation, and Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza
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I'm Debra Kamen. I'm an investigative reporter at The New York Times.
From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Traci Mumford. Today's Wednesday, January 14th. Here's what we're covering.
Why did six federal prosecutors resign over the ICE investigation?
In Minnesota, six federal prosecutors have resigned over how the Justice Department is handling the investigation into the deadly ice shooting in Minneapolis last week. Sources tell The Times that after Renee Good was killed in her car by a federal agent, the head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, who was appointed by President Trump, told her staff they would not investigate whether the agent had violated federal law. Instead, the department pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of Good's widow and her potential connections to local activist groups opposed to Trump's immigration crackdown. The most senior figure to resign was the second-in-command at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota, Joseph Thompson.
People familiar with his decision say he had also objected to the fact that the DOJ blocked his efforts to work with state officials to investigate the killing. Before the shooting, Thompson had been overseeing the complex investigation into welfare fraud in the Somali community there. The Trump administration has pointed to that fraud as the reason for its surge of federal agents to the state. The Minneapolis police chief said Thompson's resignation will deal a major blow to that fraud investigation. Meanwhile.
I'm going to break you. Open the door. Last warning.
Tensions are still high on the streets in Minneapolis, where federal immigration agents have continued to carry out aggressive operations. Videos verified by The Times show them smashing car windows, deploying tear gas and detaining U.S. citizens. Residents say they've been profiling people based on their race or ethnicity.
We're doing an immigration check, we're doing a citizen check, and we're asking you where you were born.
This is where I belong. As part of the crackdown, agents have arrested dozens of refugees who entered the country lawfully. According to lawyers and immigration rights advocates, the group is mainly from Somalia and includes children. As part of their immigration process, they'd previously passed extensive security screenings and background checks. Most of the detainees have now been flown from Minnesota to facilities in Texas. Federal officials did not respond to a request for comment, but the Trump administration has vowed to re-examine the status of thousands of refugees.
Now, three quick updates on the Trump administration's foreign policy. Today at the White House, Vice President Jadie Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark as the administration has ramped up its threats to take over the territory.
Greenland does not want to be owned by the USA. Greenland does not want to be governed by the USA. Greenland will not be part of the USA.
Ahead of the meeting, Greenland's prime minister reiterated that the island is not for sale and said his people want to stick with Denmark, which currently oversees the territory, and the European Union. Also, in Gaza, as soon as today, the U.S. could announce a committee of Palestinians who will be put in charge of running daily life there. Under the U.S. plan for Gaza, that committee would be apolitical and mostly focused on providing public services. It will be overseen by a so-called Board of Peace led by President Trump, along with other world leaders who haven't been announced yet. U.S. officials hope that setting up the new panel will weaken the grip that Hamas still has on the territory. though experts say they will face enormous challenges in rebuilding Gaza.
Many of the territory's 2 million residents are still living in tents or half-destroyed houses. And The Times has found that despite the ongoing ceasefire, Israeli forces have continued to demolish structures there. Satellite imagery shows Israel has destroyed more than 2,500 buildings in the last few months, along with greenhouses and swaths of farmland.
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