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Davie Dean
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#Geospatial data enthusiast with a passion for #OpenStreetMap and a #greens volunteer. Getting deep into #geospatial #datascience and #datavisualization […]

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"When #Minnesota Public Radio investigated a #dhs press release about the “worst of the worst” it has captured in #minneapolis, it turned out #ice and #cbp were mostly taking credit for criminals who were already in #minnesota prisons & turned over to ICE […]

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Text from article: Moreover, it seems quite clear that the “surges” we’ve experienced across the country are mostly made-for-TV-and-social-media terror campaigns, not serious law enforcement operations. When Minnesota Public Radio investigated a DHS press release about the “worst of the worst” it has captured in Minneapolis, it turned out ICE and CBP were mostly taking credit for criminals who were already in Minnesota prisons and turned over to ICE as part of routine, existing operations. Of the 13 “worst of the worst” trumpeted by DHS, it appears that a maximum of just one might have been captured by CBP or ICE in the surge — some of the 13 were actually handed over to ICE by Minnesota authorities years ago in previous administrations. Three thousand federal agents working for weeks in Minnesota, with intensive logistics required to back them up, all to capture a small handful of "worst of the worst” makes clear that none of this spectacle is about making America safer.
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM