Vance heads to Minneapolis amid tension over ICE crackdown


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  • Thursday, 22 Jan 2026

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speak to reporters in the briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Vice President ‌JD Vance is expected to visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for a massive federal law enforcement operation underway in a city that ‌has been on edge since an ICE officer shot dead a 37-year-old mother of three.

With the city and the country deeply divided ‌over the January 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good, the vice president's visit is meant to show support for the work of U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement, part of a force of 3,000 federal law enforcement officers deployed to the area.

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