Susan Du

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Susan Du

A Muslim student from Bangladesh attending Minnesota State University, Mankato was arrested last month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and has been held unlawfully ever since in the Freeborn County jail in Albert Lea, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court. Mohammed Hoque, 20, who is majoring in management information systems and has international student status, was arrested March 28 on his way home from a coding class.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Susan Du

By Susan Du They felt that a more intentional process with deeper vetting and the proper ceremony could have been followed, Arvidson said. Some also thought that "Chanté T'ínza Wínyan," referring more comprehensively to women who kept their traditions alive despite being displaced from the state, and have since returned, was a "very big name" for a little neighborhood park.

4 weeks ago | startribune.com | Susan Du

Other commissioners reacted skeptically, noting that under current federal immigration enforcement, there have been stories of individuals losing legal status over low-level violations. A University of Minnesota student is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for terminating his status over speeding and parking tickets, the Sahan Journal reported this week. Commissioner Steffanie Musich urged her colleagues to oppose making smoking on parkland a crime.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Susan Du

Driving through the streets of south Minneapolis, the change is clear. For years, homeless encampments pinballed from one vacant lot to another. Now, they’ve largely vanished, leaving behind fenced highway underpasses and barren hillsides. Mayor Jacob Frey credits a combination of policing and outreach for the new look of the South Side, where only a scattering of small encampments remains.

1 month ago | startribune.com | Susan Du

Nineteen-year-old Quina Rios said she can't pitch a tent anywhere "'cause the cops would come and break it up." "We can't even just stand somewhere," she said. "A transit or cop car will come down, say y'all gotta move. Just every time we see a cop car, everyone's sprinting." Rios said she didn't know where she would sleep that night, but she knew a few places where she could stay a few days.