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Are We at a Turning Point in Minneapolis?
January 26, 2026·25 min·2 clips
Protesters in Minneapolis face ICE agents who break car windows and drag people away, fueling determination to resist.
As heard by us
A sharp look at how a Minnesota welfare fraud scandal fed into a larger federal immigration confrontation.
The Journal. treats Minneapolis as a pressure point for the Trump administration's mass deportation push, opening with the fatal shooting of Alex Preddy by federal immigration agents and then widening to the political fight around enforcement in Democratic-led cities.
Why you'd press play
Ten shots in five seconds, and the official account already contradicted by the Journal's own footage.
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