Tensions in Minnesota spiked following days of demonstrations against immigration enforcement. Federal agents deployed tear gas to disperse activists, while state and local leaders quickly filed suit to challenge an enforcement surge tied to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman.

Local leaders in the East Side neighborhood held a press conference to denounce the tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents after a pursuit and vehicle crash. They condemn the move as an unwarranted escalation, calling for immediate accountability.

Portland officials have issued a forceful call to the Trump Department of Justice, insisting that the city not be overlooked in an ongoing police probe. Allegations of excessive force, constitutional rights violations, and recent arrests at an ICE facility underscore the tension roiling the city’s streets.