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Alejandra Cancino

@writeralejandra.bsky.social
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Senior reporter at Injustice Watch. Former deputy editor at City Bureau. Earlier: BGA & Chicago Tribune. IRE_NICAR board member. Headline Club alum. Hablo español. ☕️🌎🪴 www.injusticewatch.org/projects/ten…

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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Wait. What? Chicago almost regained control of its parking meters?! What a story by Mick Dumke @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/24/w...
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Why Is Mayor Johnson Keeping Secrets About The Parking Meter Deal?
Seventeen years after Daley's disastrous parking meter deal, a new meter sale is in the works. But Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city signed a confidentiality agreement, though he won’t share that ei...
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What a scoop by @jake-sheridan.bsky.social! The proposed new tenant protections by @mayorofchicago.bsky.social attempt to balance the imbalance of power between landlords and tenants, as documented by a plethora of Chicago reporters, including @mdoukmas.bsky.social and I. 🧵
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Media news: The @chicagotribune.com next managing editor will be Stacy St. Clair, a widely respected journalist and hands-on leader who listens and pushes and nurtures. I love ragging on editors but we have a great team of leaders here and I am excited to see what the future holds.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
That's twice today I've seen the "transnational criminal organization" label in court actions the Trump admin & its allies are pursuing. The first: a DOJ presser announcing charges against alleged anti-ICE activist Kyle Wagner in MN. The DOJ says that case is part of "Operation Take Back America."
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Anti-ICE Antifa member arrested on federal charges of Cyberstalking and Threatening Communications after allegedly calling for the murder and assault of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS – Self-identified Antifa member Kyle Wagner was arrested today on federal threat and cyberstalking charges following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE, announced United States...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
In a social media post, the Republican student group at the University of Illinois endorsed Homeland Security executing people who support immigrants. “Only traitors help invaders,” said the young Republican fascists.
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Dozens of media outlets across the country condemn the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort www.thecity.nyc/media-outlet...
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Media Outlets Condemn the Arrests of Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This post is blowing up, so for all the big name journos sharing it, some context: This was a rally in Chicago explicitly calling for ICE to be abolished, and for a mass general strike to counter the Trump admin's continous attacks on our communities and civil liberties.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Good afternoon from Daley Plaza in Chicago. An anti-ICE/CBP rally is coalescing in the plaza, joining similar demonstrations today across the country.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
IRE, the nation’s largest journalism association, calls on the federal government to drop these charges and to acknowledge and respect the rights of journalists covering protests across the country. www.ire.org/2026/01/30/i...
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IRE condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) strongly condemns the arrests of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who covered a Jan. 18 protest against immigration enforcement at a church...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Don Lemon’s arrest is a disgraceful attack on the First Amendment. Government arresting a journalist for reporting on public controversies is a five alarm fire for our constitutional rights with endless and enormous consequences.
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
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Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom • The TRiiBE
Two Black journalists were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside a Minnesota church.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Statement from @pressfreedom.bsky.social on Georgia Fort and Don Lemon’s arrests
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CPJ condemns arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over Minnesota protests coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arr...
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
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CPJ condemns arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort over Minnesota protests coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arr...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
2012: The Putin regime arrests members of the musical group Pussy Riot for a protest in a cathedral to highlight ties between the regime and the church. 2026: The Trump regime arrests protesters (and Don Lemon) over a demonstration at a Minnesota church to highlight ties between ICE and the church.
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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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Kat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested, a Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday. www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested, official says
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested, a Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Two journalists were arrested today for simply doing their jobs. Journalism is the act of reporting factual information, which requires us to be present when there are protests, events, press conferences etc. Our work is protected by the First Amendment and it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 26/01/2026
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Chicagoans and local leaders say ICE "must be abolished" after the killing of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti. Three emergency protests were called across the city Saturday after immigration agents shot and killed Pretti. blockclubchi.co/4jWf9Qm
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.” So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
Pix of minister being hit by pepper ball
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
People gather in the Loop to protest after federal immigration officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse, in Minneapolis the previous day Sunday in Chicago.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I’m out here in Los Angeles, where hundreds have gathered in response to the ICE execution of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Chants and speeches underway here outside the Federal Building in DTLA. Working multiple cameras today so posts may be sparse
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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This note. Helpful indeed
X reader note says there is no evidence to back up claim by border patrol chief Gregory Bovino that the protester killed by the border patrol intended (in vain) to massacre agents.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A doctor on scene where federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis: "ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds."
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
OMG: The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans of children that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 24/01/2026
Mayor Brandon Johnson called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday after a federal agent killed another person in Minneapolis, while Gov. JB Pritzker called upon Democrats to halt funding for the agency but stopped short of saying it should be dissolved.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson calls to abolish ICE after Minneapolis shooting as Gov. JB Pritzker urges funding halt
Illinois Democratic leaders speak out after federal immigration officers fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, where Republican President Donald Trump’s latest deportation campaign has unf…
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
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“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Of course. “Agents hanging from the doors of a moving car threw several canisters of chemical irritants as they drove the wrong way down a one-way street.” www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man; DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestling with the man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm as protesters gathered at the scene: “Ple...
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 24/01/2026
This morning, federal immigration agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. Federal officials have now killed at least five people in the last five months, according to news reports that @shannonheffernan.bsky.social reviewed: www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
A headline reads: ICE Killed a Man in Minneapolis, As Agents Repeatedly use Deadly Force. A file photo shows an ICE agent's badge and holstered gun.Today, immigration officers killed a man in Minneapolis. Officials haven‘t yet released his name. He’s the latest victim of federal officials’ deadly force in the city, less than three weeks after an agent killed Renee Good. Nationwide, immigration agents have shot and killed several civilians since President Donald Trump launched an aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. And often, initial federal claims of what happened during a shooting were contradicted by video and witnesses.Federal officers have now fatally shot at least five people in the last five months, according to news reports that we reviewed. Agents have also shot other people who have survived. And immigration officers have pointed their guns at activists and bystanders nationwide.A screenshot of a tweet by Gov. Tim Walz: "I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now." The slide adds: Gov. Tim Walz also tweeted that “the state must lead the investigation” into today’s shooting and that “federal agents must not obstruct” state investigators, an issue that arose in Good’s shooting.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Is this what the Department of Homeland Security calls “approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun”?
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Gov. Tim Walz said he spoke with President Donald Trump’s chief of staff on Saturday and again asked for the administration to pull federal immigration officers out of the state. Walz said he also stressed that Minnesota will investigate this shooting.
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Live: Federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis man, DHS officials say he was armed
A bystander video shows several agents wrestled with man on a city sidewalk moments before the shooting. Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a plea for calm, as protesters gathered at the scene: “Please do not destroy our own city.”
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The New York Times reports that a group of “scientific” racists misused National Institute of Health data (that families were assured would be protected) to write bogus papers on supposed to biological racial differences. Gift link.
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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
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Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Our initial analysis is up. The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot. He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Sources identify man shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti of south Minneapolis

The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Pretti, 37, has an address listed in south Minneapolis.

At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the man who was shot was a 37-year-old white man with no serious criminal history and a record that showed some parking tickets. Law enforcement sources said Saturday their records show Pretti had no serious criminal history.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Update: was just tipped off by a local official that there is another demo planned for today at 2:30 pm at Lincoln Elementary in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park. This is where feds arrested local attorney Scott Sakiyama in October. The plan reportedly also calls for a march at 3 pm.
Alert calling for a 2:30 pm demo at Lincoln Elementary in Oak Park, in response to feds shooting a man in Minneapolis this morning.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
A man was shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis Saturday morning, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said. Video by Elliot Hughes, Susan Du, Louie Krauss and Josie Albertson-Grove/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Federal agents are repeatedly using gas to disperse the crowd at the scene in south Minneapolis where agents shot and a killed man. Agents are deploying an irritant each time residents reappear in the intersection. Video by Elliot Hughes, Susan Du, Louis Krauss and Josie Albertson-Grove
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 24/01/2026
Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Live: Man shot by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses say
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
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Kat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
NEW: ICE enforcement in Minnesota has intensified accusations that President Trump is targeting a politically influential community ahead of the 2026 midterms, deepening fears that the operations amount to intimidation aimed at suppressing Somali voter turnout. www.reuters.com/world/us/imm...
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Immigration raids in Minnesota fuel grassroots Somali activism
When immigration agents began aggressive operations in Minneapolis last month, Kowsar Mohamed started knocking on doors, fielding late-night calls and mobilizing other Somali Americans into an ad-hoc ...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23. 📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The wind chill was 30 below. And yet, they marched.
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Alejandra Cancino @writeralejandra.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Thousands march, scores of Minnesota businesses close in protest of ICE enforcement
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