Madison Mcvan

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a judicial misconduct complaint to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, accusing “all but one” of Minnesota’s federal district judges of unethical conduct, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced in a press conference Wednesday.  The complaint stems from interviews given by Judges Patrick Schiltz and others to the New […]

A council tasked with documenting the harms of — and resistance to — the federal government’s immigration crackdown held its final public meeting Tuesday in Rochester.  Gov. Tim Walz established the Minnesota Truth Council by executive order in March and selected former Hennepin County judge Peter Cahill — best known as the judge in the […]

Minnesota healthcare providers detail harm to patients from Operation Metro Surge

Federal prosecutors have charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro with making false statements about the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis Jan. 14, the New York Times reported Thursday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the case. The Times reported that the indictment will be unsealed after Castro is taken into […]

CoreCivic, the private prison company opening a new immigrant detention center in Appleton, Minnesota, has offered to pay the city more than $1.2 million per year. CoreCivic sold the Prairie Correctional Facility — a 1,600-bed prison in Appleton that’s been closed since 2010 — to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in August for $496 […]

Christian Castro, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis in January, was released from a Texas county jail early Thursday morning.  Castro has been the subject of a rare interstate extradition battle between Minnesota and Texas, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott refused to sign paperwork facilitating Castro’s transfer […]

A defense attorney in the conspiracy case against 15 Minnesotans asked a federal judge Thursday to order the government to release more documents related to the Department of Homeland Security’s wide-ranging surveillance campaign of anti-ICE activists, labor unions and nonprofits in Minnesota.  Attorney Kevin Riach, who represents defendant Isaac Sant, asked U.S. District Judge David […]

A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday denied the state of Minnesota’s extradition request of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian Castro, who is charged in the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis in January.  The ruling means Castro is likely to be released from a Texas jail. Hennepin County issued a warrant […]

A truth council assembled by Gov. Tim Walz heard testimony for the first time Wednesday from people who say they were harmed by the thousands of federal immigration agents sent to Minnesota this winter.  Immigrants and community leaders shared stories, often through tears, about violence and abuse committed against themselves and others during Operation Metro […]

AG Keith Ellison sues Texas governor for failure to extradite ICE agent charged with assault