US federal agents subpoenaed more than three years of financial records from a major labour union and a climate group during the crackdown on anti-ICE protests in Minnesota, targeting organisations never accused of any crime, government documents show.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opened investigations into labour unions, a climate organisation, and socialist groups within days of the fatal shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents on 24 January, according to documents obtained by the New York Times. The probes sought to determine whether the groups had aided protesters, whom officials branded 'violent opportunists and agitators'.
