Daily Immigration News Clips – January 26, 2026

National

The Minnesota Star Tribune Minnesota in ‘uncharted territory’ as state, feds clash over shooting of Alex Pretti
By Jeff Day

The New York Times Minnesota Claims the ICE Surge Is Illegal. A Judge Will Hear Arguments on Monday.
By Mitch Smith

The Guardian Why the Trump administration is detaining immigrant children – and what happens to them next
By Roque Planas

ABC News Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
By Didi Tang

Axios DHS and ICE are under siege by Congress like never before
By Andrew Solender

The Minnesota Star Tribune Some Republicans break from Trump on immigration surge after latest shooting
By Walker Orenstein and Sydney Kashiwagi

Semafor Shutdown looms as Republicans press on with homeland security funding
By Burgess Everett

Politico Republicans are worried about Trump’s deportation campaign, and our new poll shows why
By Myah Ward, Samuel Benson and Erin Doherty

Reuters Trump administration defends killing American in Minneapolis, contradicts videos
By Brad Brooks and Time Reid

Axios GOP fractures grow as Minnesota shootings erode immigration crackdown support
By Avery Lotz

Local

Aljazeera Minnesota Gov Walz demands Trump remove border agents after nurse killed
By Nadim Asrar

The Guardian ‘Our spirit can’t be broken’: Minneapolis city council member on resisting Trump’s immigration crackdown
By Rachel Leingang

Bangor Daily News Hundreds protest ICE in Bangor after 1st week of Maine enforcement surge
By Annie Rupertus

WGME Confusion in Cumberland County after ICE moves 50 detainees; whereabouts remain unknown
By WGME Staff

Virginia Mercury In newly Democratic Virginia, immigration enforcement becomes early test for Spanberger
By Markus Schmidt

Iowa Public Radio Iowa City protesters 'disgusted, horrified' by federal immigration efforts in Minnesota
By James Kelley

The Minnesota Star Tribune Opinion | No one in Minnesota asked for this
By Andrew M. Luger