The Trump administration said it would ease its immigration operation in Minnesota in exchange for broader access to inmates. Local leaders say they already cooperate significantly.
Under Minnesota law, the state’s Department of Corrections must notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials when an immigrant convicted of a felony is set to be released.
The Minnesota senator, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, appears set to enter a race that has been transformed by President Trump’s immigration crackdown in the state and protests against it.
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.