Federal immigration authorities arrested a 29-year-old Ecuadorian in Minneapolis last year who’d been convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a victim under 13. Also nabbed in the national sweep of noncitizen sex offenders was a 41-year-old Eritrean national in Maplewood convicted of criminal sexual conduct involving multiple acts with an underage victim.

Minneapolis, St. Paul and some counties have policies limiting information collected about immigration status and cooperation with federal authorities.

While a bill to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State failed in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) considers Anoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey County as "sanctuary counties."

Demonstrators rallied in St. Paul on Saturday afternoon, braving single-digit temperatures to protest ahead of President-elect Donald Trump inauguration. Trump takes the oath of office on Monday.

Readers are talking about Jimmy Carter, the Art Center, DOGE and legislative headlines in letters published Jan. 13-20, 2025.

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to take office, but his influence already is rippling through state capitols.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the former running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, poked fun at President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to move his inauguration ceremony indoors due to frigid temperatures in Washington. Trump announced Friday that the inauguration ceremony will be moved to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

The head of Canada's most populous province is taking shots at President-elect Donald Trump over his comments on annexing the country, joking that Canada should purchase Minnesota and Alaska in retaliation.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump officially won a second term in the White House on Monday when the Electoral College votes were read aloud and certified in front of a joint session of Congress led by Trump's 2024 rival, Vice President Kamala ...

Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions to threaten criminal prosecution,

MINNEAPOLIS — As Donald Trump prepares to swear in as America's 47th president, his campaign promises of mass deportation are lingering in the minds of local leaders in Minnesota. While a bill ...

With sanctuary counties and growing tensions over immigration policies, how will a Legislature in chaos approach the session with immigrants in mind?