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Roper: Why Minnesota became the epicenter of a national immigration crisis
['Eric Roper', 'Eric.Roper Startribune.Com', 'Elizabeth Flores', 'The Minnesota Star Tribune', 'Alex Kormann']
Star Tribune
Federal officials, talking about Minneapolis all over the place, keep stressing just how unusual this resistance is.
"In one city — in one city we have this outrage and this powder keg happening," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said recently on Fox News.
Protestors and ICE collide in Minneapolis on Jan. 13 near the site of Renee Good's killing by a federal agent.
Renee Good's killing raised the profile of the resistance, as well as questions about the lines between observation and obstruction.
The Minnesota resistance to ICE has been a bottom-up movement driven by constituents, who have emboldened their leaders to stand their ground.