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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown, Documents Reveal

Observers film ICE agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue on February 5, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Credit: Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Federal officials investigated labor unions, environmental activists and socialist organizations during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, using financial subpoenas, undercover surveillance and monitoring of encrypted group chats, according to newly released government documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The Homeland Security Department investigation began four days after Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old government nurse who had been filming immigration officers.

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