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Sahan Journal is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to covering Minnesota immigrants & communities of color.
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A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.
By Shubhanjana Das
By Shubhanjana Das
Family of man swept up in St. Paul raid say agents had no warrant
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members of a second man swept up in the operation say they were taunted and humiliated during a ...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents.
By Shubhanjana Das
By Shubhanjana Das
Within minutes of ICE arriving at Bro-Tex in St. Paul, constitutional observers were on scene and protesters came soon after. Here’s how immigrant advocacy groups prepared a rapid response to the raid.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
How did protesters arrive so quickly at Bro-Tex ICE raid in St. Paul?
Within minutes of ICE arriving at Bro-Tex in St. Paul, constitutional observers were on scene and protesters came soon after. Here’s how immigrant advocacy groups prepared a rapid response to the raid...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Within minutes of ICE arriving at Bro-Tex in St. Paul, constitutional observers were on scene and protesters came soon after. Here’s how immigrant advocacy groups prepared a rapid response to the raid.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
Those traveling to countries that fall under Trump’s travel ban may face increased screening. So will those traveling under a foreign passport.
What you need to know as an immigrant traveling by air
As the Trump administration ramps up federal immigration enforcement, it’s making travel more fraught for many immigrants planning to leave and return to the U.S. over the holidays.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Those traveling to countries that fall under Trump’s travel ban may face increased screening. So will those traveling under a foreign passport.
Aaron Hjermstad’s charges stem from thousands of videos authorities found in his car after he fled the state in 2021. Authorities say there could be more than 120 victims in the videos.
Former basketball coach gets life sentence in child sex-abuse case
Former Twin Cities basketball coach and teacher Aaron Hjermstad was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting a dozen children.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Aaron Hjermstad’s charges stem from thousands of videos authorities found in his car after he fled the state in 2021. Authorities say there could be more than 120 victims in the videos.
St. Paul police used tear gas and pepper spray Tuesday as hundreds of demonstrators confronted them and dozens of federal agents on the city’s East Side.
Council member criticizes St. Paul police conduct during federal arrest
Hundreds of demonstrators confronted dozens of federal agents and St. Paul police Tuesday as authorities arrested a man at a home on Rose Avenue on the East Side.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
St. Paul police used tear gas and pepper spray Tuesday as hundreds of demonstrators confronted them and dozens of federal agents on the city’s East Side.
As Minnesota’s cannabis industry gets up and running, both state officials and consumers are counting on tribal cannabis businesses to help meet some of the initial demand for legal marijuana.
Inside one of Minnesota’s largest legal marijuana harvests
As Minnesota’s cannabis industry gets up and running, both state officials and consumers are counting on tribal cannabis businesses to help meet some of the initial demand for legal marijuana.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As Minnesota’s cannabis industry gets up and running, both state officials and consumers are counting on tribal cannabis businesses to help meet some of the initial demand for legal marijuana.
One of the most prominent musical personalities in Minnesota’s Somali community, Salaad Darbi, will be honored at a concert on Nov. 22 in Golden Valley.
By Mohamud Farah
By Mohamud Farah
Golden Valley concert honors Somali music legend Salaad Darbi
One of the most prominent musical personalities in Minnesota’s Somali community, Salaad Darbi, will be honored at a concert on Nov. 22 in Golden Valley.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of the most prominent musical personalities in Minnesota’s Somali community, Salaad Darbi, will be honored at a concert on Nov. 22 in Golden Valley.
By Mohamud Farah
By Mohamud Farah
Immigration advocates say a St. Paul father and his brother were arrested in Tuesday’s federal raid at Bro-Tex Inc.
Two Bro-Tex employees arrested during St. Paul raid, advocates say
Immigration advocates say a St. Paul father and his brother were arrested in Tuesday’s federal raid at Bro-Tex Inc.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Immigration advocates say a St. Paul father and his brother were arrested in Tuesday’s federal raid at Bro-Tex Inc.
More than 12,000 callers of all ages from across the United States and Canada contact StrongHearts Native Helpline each year — this country’s only national helpline for Indigenous survivors of domestic violence.
By Hana Ikramuddin from @theimprintnews.bsky.social
By Hana Ikramuddin from @theimprintnews.bsky.social
Indigenous domestic violence hotline receives $15M grant
More than 12,000 callers of all ages from across the United States and Canada contact the StrongHearts Native Helpline each year — this country’s only national helpline for Indigenous survivors of dom...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
More than 12,000 callers of all ages from across the United States and Canada contact StrongHearts Native Helpline each year — this country’s only national helpline for Indigenous survivors of domestic violence.
By Hana Ikramuddin from @theimprintnews.bsky.social
By Hana Ikramuddin from @theimprintnews.bsky.social
The immigration crackdown unleashed by the Trump administration is splitting up families, leaving children without parents and young people to wonder if they have a future here, Twin Cities charter school student Margarita Rosales Alarcón writes.
Opinion: ICE arrests are tearing families apart. We can’t stay silent.
The immigration crackdown unleashed by the Trump administration is splitting up families, leaving children without parents and young people to wonder if they have a future here, Twin Cities charter sc...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The immigration crackdown unleashed by the Trump administration is splitting up families, leaving children without parents and young people to wonder if they have a future here, Twin Cities charter school student Margarita Rosales Alarcón writes.
A crowd of neighbors and protesters confronted federal agents conducting a raid Tuesday morning outside St. Paul wiper distributor Bro-Tex Inc. Some of the family members of those arrested also showed up at the scene.
By Katelyn Vue
By Katelyn Vue
Protesters confront federal agents in raid at St. Paul wiper distributor
Neighbors and protesters gathered as masked federal agents raided Bro-Tex Inc. in St. Paul and made arrests on Tuesday morning. Agents used tear gas and paintballs to disperse the crowd.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A crowd of neighbors and protesters confronted federal agents conducting a raid Tuesday morning outside St. Paul wiper distributor Bro-Tex Inc. Some of the family members of those arrested also showed up at the scene.
By Katelyn Vue
By Katelyn Vue
Hennepin Healthcare piloted a program to add qibla stickers to its ER in 2021. It is now expanding the program to its in-patient and acute psychiatric services department.
Hennepin Healthcare adds more prayer stickers for Muslim patients
Hennepin Healthcare piloted a program to add qibla stickers, which help orient Muslim patients for prayer, to its ER in 2021. It is now expanding the program to its in-patient and acute psychiatric se...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hennepin Healthcare piloted a program to add qibla stickers to its ER in 2021. It is now expanding the program to its in-patient and acute psychiatric services department.
Join Sahan Journal on Thursday, November 20, for an Instagram live conversation with MN8 executive director Montha Chum. She’ll be answering your questions about expanded immigration enforcement and its impact on Southeast Asian Minnesotans. sahanjournal.com/inside-sahan...
Southeast Asians in Minnesota respond to ICE deportation push
How are Trump’s immigration policies affecting Southeast Asian Minnesotans? Join us Nov. 20, live on Instagram, as we chat with Montha Chum, executive director and co-founder of MN8.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Join Sahan Journal on Thursday, November 20, for an Instagram live conversation with MN8 executive director Montha Chum. She’ll be answering your questions about expanded immigration enforcement and its impact on Southeast Asian Minnesotans. sahanjournal.com/inside-sahan...
On the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian arrival in the U.S., immigrants remembered the harrowing journeys that brought them here and the thriving lives they have built in Minnesota.
Looking back 50 years: Cambodians fled genocide to build close-knit community in Minnesota
On the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian arrival in the U.S., immigrants remembered the harrowing journeys that brought them here and the thriving lives they have built in Minnesota.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian arrival in the U.S., immigrants remembered the harrowing journeys that brought them here and the thriving lives they have built in Minnesota.
After a yearslong process, and input from community members, a team of artists created a massive mural and mosaic centered around the medicine wheel under the Hiawatha-Lake Street underpass.
Artists transform a Lake Street underpass with vibrant mural
After a yearslong process, and input from community members, a team of artists created a massive mural and mosaic under the Hiawatha-Lake Street underpass.
sahanjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
After a yearslong process, and input from community members, a team of artists created a massive mural and mosaic centered around the medicine wheel under the Hiawatha-Lake Street underpass.
Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Pillsbury House and Theatre debuts new work; Memorialize the Movement exhibit and performance at St. Kate’s; Queermunity hosts an Afro-Indigenous night market.
By Myah Goff
By Myah Goff
Naked Stages stories plumb Black ancestry and a river reversal
Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Pillsbury House and Theatre debuts new work; Memorialize the Movement exhibit and performance at St. Kate’s; Queermunity hosts an Afro-Indigenous night ma...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Pillsbury House and Theatre debuts new work; Memorialize the Movement exhibit and performance at St. Kate’s; Queermunity hosts an Afro-Indigenous night market.
By Myah Goff
By Myah Goff
ICE agents forcibly arrested an undocumented house painter in Northfield, Minnesota without showing him a warrant Tuesday morning, according to his family.
ICE breaks car window, arrests Northfield man at residential job site
ICE agents forcibly arrested an undocumented house painter in Northfield, Minnesota without showing him a warrant Tuesday morning, according to his family.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
ICE agents forcibly arrested an undocumented house painter in Northfield, Minnesota without showing him a warrant Tuesday morning, according to his family.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that Northern Iron has repeatedly refused to be regulated and flouted the state with late and incomplete permit applications. Now the agency is officially moving forward with an attempt to revoke its permit.
MPCA starts permit revocation process for troubled St. Paul foundry
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that Northern Iron has repeatedly refused to be regulated and flouted the state with late and incomplete permit applications. Now the agency is officially m...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that Northern Iron has repeatedly refused to be regulated and flouted the state with late and incomplete permit applications. Now the agency is officially moving forward with an attempt to revoke its permit.
Keeping Families Connected Minnesota provides free or low-cost consultation and representation to kinship caregivers in the state who have stepped in to foster neglected or abused children.
Written by Hana Ikramuddin of @theimprintnews.bsky.social
Written by Hana Ikramuddin of @theimprintnews.bsky.social
New Minnesota nonprofit offers legal support to kinship caregivers
Keeping Families Connected Minnesota provides free or low-cost consultation and representation to kinship caregivers in the state who have stepped in to foster neglected or abused children.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Keeping Families Connected Minnesota provides free or low-cost consultation and representation to kinship caregivers in the state who have stepped in to foster neglected or abused children.
Written by Hana Ikramuddin of @theimprintnews.bsky.social
Written by Hana Ikramuddin of @theimprintnews.bsky.social
Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
Opinion: Plans for Mpls. Roof Depot site could spark real change
Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rather creating obstacles, Minneapolis officials should be doing everything they can to support a proposed urban farm and community center on the Roof Depot site, student Janya Dieringer writes.
Nearly a week after sailing to re-election, Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman says he was carjacked Monday by two young people.
Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman carjacked one week after re-election
Nearly a week after sailing to re-election, Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman says he was carjacked Monday by two young people.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nearly a week after sailing to re-election, Minneapolis Council Member Jamal Osman says he was carjacked Monday by two young people.
More restaurants and markets catering to the Ecuadorian community are popping up, but the Trump administration is limiting avenues for immigration.
Written by Andrew Hazzard
Written by Andrew Hazzard
Minnesota’s Ecuadorian community is flourishing, but its future is uncertain
Ecuadorians fleeing gang activity and violence in their country have built new lives in Minnesota, but Trump’s immigration policies are making it more difficult for them to stay.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
More restaurants and markets catering to the Ecuadorian community are popping up, but the Trump administration is limiting avenues for immigration.
Written by Andrew Hazzard
Written by Andrew Hazzard
Several immigrant rights advocates held a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help, because federal agents are reportedly hiding their identities behind face masks and refusing to show warrants.
Immigrant rights advocates call on Minnesotans to document immigration arrests
Immigrant rights advocates are calling on Minnesotans to photograph and record federal agents making immigration arrests to improve transparency.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Several immigrant rights advocates held a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help, because federal agents are reportedly hiding their identities behind face masks and refusing to show warrants.
After weeks of negotiation, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators and Minneapolis Public Schools reached a tentative settlement agreement on Monday.
Written by Shubhanjana Das and @bzosiad.bsky.social
Written by Shubhanjana Das and @bzosiad.bsky.social
Minneapolis school officials settle contracts with union, averting strike
Minneapolis Public Schools has settled three contracts with its largest educator groups, one day ahead of a threatened strike.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
After weeks of negotiation, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators and Minneapolis Public Schools reached a tentative settlement agreement on Monday.
Written by Shubhanjana Das and @bzosiad.bsky.social
Written by Shubhanjana Das and @bzosiad.bsky.social
Anthony Simmons and Ulysses Zackery have found a niche at the Minneapolis Farmers Market, where their everything-from-scratch approach has customers coming back for more.
Photos by Aaron Nesheim
Photos by Aaron Nesheim
Two Minneapolis friends build flourishing barbecue stand
Anthony Simmons and Ulysses Zackery have found a niche at the Minneapolis Farmers Market with Just Paula’s, where their everything-from-scratch approach to barbecue has customers coming back for more.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Anthony Simmons and Ulysses Zackery have found a niche at the Minneapolis Farmers Market, where their everything-from-scratch approach has customers coming back for more.
Photos by Aaron Nesheim
Photos by Aaron Nesheim