Dan Haugen
@danhaugen.bsky.social
Deputy editor at MinnPost, Minnesotan 🏕️ music lover 🎸, Twins fan ⚾️, bread maker 🍞, slow reader 📚 and slow runner 🏃🏻, emoji enthusiast 👍🏻. Opinions are my own. Signal dhaugen612.59
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The Pioneer Press included this super important paragraph in its coverage of this incident. Even if he did have a record it doesn’t justify the recklessness, but most likely he was just undocumented.
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The Pioneer Press included this super important paragraph in its coverage of this incident. Even if he did have a record it doesn’t justify the recklessness, but most likely he was just undocumented.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
Yuen: Even if ICE left tomorrow, the damage to kids is already done
“They’re all suffering,” says one Minnesota immigrant dad who has been sheltering in place with his children.
www.startribune.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Stories about what ICE's presence in Minnesota has done to kids — something I'm seeing firsthand — are hard to read. It's unfathomable that kids have to go through this. www.startribune.com/ice-children...
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I need you all to watch this. If this isn’t the most Minnesota ass thing on the planet i don’t know what is
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youtu.be/pTiS5xwcyx0?...
February 11, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I need you all to watch this. If this isn’t the most Minnesota ass thing on the planet i don’t know what is
youtu.be/pTiS5xwcyx0?...
youtu.be/pTiS5xwcyx0?...
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
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Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
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Minnesota and Minneapolis keep stepping up. Here’s the latest way to help in Northeast Minneapolis.
There’s another big Northeast Minneapolis Food Drive coming up this weekend!🥫🛒
Saturday, February 14th, 9-10am drop off window + three volunteer shifts.
We’re still in need of folks to purchase & drop off supplies! link has specific items you can claim
📋 sign up to help out:
signup.com/go/zLkNpRp
Saturday, February 14th, 9-10am drop off window + three volunteer shifts.
We’re still in need of folks to purchase & drop off supplies! link has specific items you can claim
📋 sign up to help out:
signup.com/go/zLkNpRp
Feb. 14th Northeast Food Drive
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February 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Minnesota and Minneapolis keep stepping up. Here’s the latest way to help in Northeast Minneapolis.
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The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today
We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today
We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
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This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Even with the so-called "drawdown," many Minneapolis area activists say little has changed since hundreds of agents left and they're preparing for prolonged resistance. The anxiety remains palpable after two fatal shootings of US Citizens by federal agents in January. https://cnn.it/4rAFZ34
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Even with the so-called "drawdown," many Minneapolis area activists say little has changed since hundreds of agents left and they're preparing for prolonged resistance. The anxiety remains palpable after two fatal shootings of US Citizens by federal agents in January. https://cnn.it/4rAFZ34
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Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul.
📸: Kim Hyatt
📸: Kim Hyatt
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul.
📸: Kim Hyatt
📸: Kim Hyatt
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There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
There was so much ICE activity today. A group of agents spent the whole morning inside Jimmy’s Bar and then ended up driving erratically all throughout the Holland & Como neighborhoods, eventually trying to park at the 2nd precinct police station.
Hey #NEmpls, the people at El Paraiso on 29th & Central are super nice and make delicious food. Deli/restaurant is open Mondays and Fridays right now (normally open daily but limited due to ICE occupation)
February 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Hey #NEmpls, the people at El Paraiso on 29th & Central are super nice and make delicious food. Deli/restaurant is open Mondays and Fridays right now (normally open daily but limited due to ICE occupation)
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The same day that Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez killed Alex Pretti, a northeast neighbor was severely injured by a flash bang grenade in South Minneapolis. His jaw was shattered.
Fully lethal, “less lethal.” Doesn’t matter. Abolish ICE
www.mynortheaster.com/news/ne-resi...
Fully lethal, “less lethal.” Doesn’t matter. Abolish ICE
www.mynortheaster.com/news/ne-resi...
NE resident sent to hospital after protesting ICE – MyNortheaster.com
www.mynortheaster.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The same day that Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez killed Alex Pretti, a northeast neighbor was severely injured by a flash bang grenade in South Minneapolis. His jaw was shattered.
Fully lethal, “less lethal.” Doesn’t matter. Abolish ICE
www.mynortheaster.com/news/ne-resi...
Fully lethal, “less lethal.” Doesn’t matter. Abolish ICE
www.mynortheaster.com/news/ne-resi...
Is it because economic anxiety?
Why MAGA Is Fuming Over Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show - What’s News - WSJ Podcasts
A.M. Edition for Feb. 6. Amazon shares sink, putting the Nasdaq on track for its worst week since last April, as investors punish tech companies spending big on AI, and those exposed to the latest Ant...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Is it because economic anxiety?
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I live in Minnesota and I care about mental health.
Here's what's happening now because of ICE:
- Lots of people who never struggled with depression and anxiety disorders are now.
- People already dealing with severe mental illness are at much higher risk of suicide or disappearing from care.
Here's what's happening now because of ICE:
- Lots of people who never struggled with depression and anxiety disorders are now.
- People already dealing with severe mental illness are at much higher risk of suicide or disappearing from care.
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I live in Minnesota and I care about mental health.
Here's what's happening now because of ICE:
- Lots of people who never struggled with depression and anxiety disorders are now.
- People already dealing with severe mental illness are at much higher risk of suicide or disappearing from care.
Here's what's happening now because of ICE:
- Lots of people who never struggled with depression and anxiety disorders are now.
- People already dealing with severe mental illness are at much higher risk of suicide or disappearing from care.
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ICE surge news: Minneapolis Public Schools has extended *optional* distance learning until April 6.
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
ICE surge news: Minneapolis Public Schools has extended *optional* distance learning until April 6.
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“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
Faculty, students push University of Minnesota to denounce ICE and killing of alumnus Alex Pretti
It illustrates the complex balancing act for colleges and universities in responding to ICE actions.
www.startribune.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
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Ricky was assaulted by ICE tonight for merely standing on public property.
Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Ricky was assaulted by ICE tonight for merely standing on public property.
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Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
February 6, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Tonight at 8:30 PM our constituent Ricky was pepper sprayed by ICE on 18th & Polk. 2 agents parked their car, got out and approached observers, started pepper spraying Ricky on public property, and then drove away and left.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minnesota. ICE must be abolished.
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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In NE Minneapolis and Columbia Heights today, Weds. 2/5/26, ICE has been focusing on schools and schoolbus stops. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLBUS STOPS. This is their “softer touch”
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
In NE Minneapolis and Columbia Heights today, Weds. 2/5/26, ICE has been focusing on schools and schoolbus stops. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLBUS STOPS. This is their “softer touch”
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Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.