Federal Judge Saves NPR and PBS, Delivers Massive Blow to Trump
During that time, federal agents handcuffed more than 3,700 Minnesota residents, according to the data set. But the numbers could be even higher: in early February, the Department of Homeland Security published a note saying agency officials had arrested more than 4,000 people in the state, noting that those detained included “murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members and terrorists.”
Only one in three people arrested actually had either a criminal conviction or a pending charge, reported MPR News. Arrest data did not identify the exact charges against each individual.
The majority of those arrested in Minnesota were non-criminal immigrants. They were arrested for civil immigration violations, such as visa overstays, which have historically been handled by U.S. immigration courts.
