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ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: U.S. Border Patrol agents are confronted by observers in the parking lot of the Asian grocery store Dragon Star Oriental Foods on January 23, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 21: U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino (C) looks on as he is confronted by community members on January 21, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal plus federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: U.S. Border Patrol agents are confronted by observers in the parking lot of the Asian grocery store Dragon Star Oriental Foods on January 23, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 22: An ICE patch and badge are seen on a Department of Homeland Security agent while US Vice President JD Vance speaks U.S. Vice President JD Vance gives remarks following a roundtable discussion with local leaders and community members amid a surge of federal immigration authorities in the area, at Royalston Square on January 22, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000-plus federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 25: Demonstrators march through downtown protesting ICE operations and the death of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died yesterday after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis. Good was killed by an ICE agent on January 7. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 13: ICE agents approach a house before detaining two people on January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has deployed over 2,400 Department of Homeland Security agents to the state of Minnesota in a push to apprehend undocumented immigrants. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: U.S. Border Patrol agents are confronted by observers in the parking lot of the Asian grocery store Dragon Star Oriental Foods on January 23, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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