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BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/07/17
Immigrant rights activists demanded “Sanctuary now!” at the Minneapolis City Council meeting Oct. 6.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/31/16
Nearly 2000 protesters, many Native American, rallied at city hall here, Oct. 28, demanding that Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek immediately withdraw sheriff department personnel from North Dakota, where they have been deployed against demonstrators who are fighting to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/11/14
On June 11, Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek announced that the Hennepin County Jail will no longer honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests, or “ICE holds”, which have resulted in countless deportations against immigrants who are guilty of no crime.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 6/05/14
Chanting, “Stanek says deportation! We say no!” 30 immigrant rights activists protested outside Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek’s reelection campaign fundraiser here June 4.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/14/14
A Valentine’s Day protest here called on Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek to stop cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in deporting immigrants via the Hennepin County jail.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 1/14/13
On Jan. 12, immigrant rights activists protested outside the Hennepin County jail, demanding that Sheriff Stanek stop using the jail as a deportation machine.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/14/12
On Feb. 7, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that they imposed the highly controversial “Secure Communities” deportation program on all 87 counties in Minnesota.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 11/14/11
About 400 people rallied at People’s Plaza and marched through downtown Minneapolis on November 14 in defense of OccupyMN. After the march they returned to the plaza for a mass ‘sleep-in’ in defiance of Hennepin County’s new rules banning sleeping in the plaza.
BY Anti-War Committee | Minneapolis, MN | 11/09/11
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee on the threat by county officials to shut down OccupyMN.
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