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madi mcvan
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reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp
A senior FBI special agent engaged on the Broadview Six case says he will turn state's evidence against the DOJ/FBI team and can document the White House's manipulation of the cases from the start for purely partisan political reasons. www.wbez.org/crime/2026/1...
Ex-Chicago FBI boss sues Trump admin saying he was wrongfully blamed for botched 'Broadview 6' case
Douglas DePodesta's lawsuit, filed Monday, targets the FBI, the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.
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"Kenis Lopez Gonzalez fled political persecution in Nicaragua in 2022 & turned himself in to immigration authorities upon arriving in the U.S... immigration judge ruled that he could not be deported back to Nicaragua because he was at risk of being tortured..." minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/30/s...
Shakopee man from Nicaragua deported to Central African Republic • Minnesota Reformer
Kenis Lopez Gonzalez fled political persecution in Nicaragua in 2022 and turned himself in to immigration authorities upon arriving in the U.S. Two years later, an immigration judge ruled that he coul...
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Twenty-five thousand. “Lopez is among more than 25,000 people deported to countries that aren’t their home country since President Donald Trump took office in 2025.”
Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 3d agoA federal judge on Friday afternoon ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Kenis Lopez Gonzalez to Minnesota expeditiously. He was arrested during Operation Metro Surge in January and deported to the Central African Republic in August.
At the end of his letter to Lyons, deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote that "given the highly sensitive nature of our discussions with CAR, I ask that (DHS) refrain from publicly discussing our cooperation with CAR on this matter." Anyway here's the letter:
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The terms of the deal between the U.S. and Central African Republic to facilitate third-country deportations are unknown. But it seems to have been facilitated by the State Department.
Judge Bryan just ordered the federal government to return Kenis to the U.S. Full story coming.
madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 3d agoI'm in a hearing now in the case of Kenis Lopez Gonzalez, whose attorneys are asking a judge to order his immediate return to the U.S. from the Central African Republic. Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan says he is prepared to issue an order today. Background:
Q: If the administration has declared on waste and fraud, could you explain the $420 million overpayment for a prison in Appleton, MN, when they company offered it to the state for $75m? BESSENT: I don't know anything about that. That's a waste of our time.
I'm in a hearing now in the case of Kenis Lopez Gonzalez, whose attorneys are asking a judge to order his immediate return to the U.S. from the Central African Republic. Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan says he is prepared to issue an order today. Background:
Shakopee man from Nicaragua deported to Central African Republic • Minnesota Reformer
Kenis Lopez Gonzalez fled political persecution in Nicaragua in 2022 and turned himself in to immigration authorities upon arriving in the U.S. Two years later, an immigration judge ruled that he coul...
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BREAKING: Trump will hold in-person rallies in Iowa and Kansas after all as election nears -- story by Shauneen Miranda for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump will hold in-person rallies in Iowa and Kansas after all as election nears
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend are back on after initial cancellations, States Newsroom confirmed Friday.The Midwest rallies mark the final sprint to Ele...
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Someone has been vandalizing the Alex Pretti memorial repeatedly since September, shaking the community of caretakers who maintain the site.
Caretakers maintain Alex Pretti memorial despite repeated vandalism • Minnesota Reformer
More than nine months after immigration agents disarmed, shot and killed Alex Pretti in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, the site of his death on Nicollet Avenue is marked with carefully arra...
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Supporters from the worker non-profit Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (Center for Workers United in the Struggle—CTUL) will gather at the St. Paul Federal Courthouse this afternoon for Nicaraguan asylum seeker Kenis Lopez Gonzalez, who was deported to the Central African Republic in Jan.
Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 3d agoIn 2024, an immigration judge ruled that Kenis Lopez Gonzalez could not be deported to his home country because he was at risk of torture. So, after arresting him during Operation Metro Surge, ICE sent him to the Central African Republic. A judge will hear Lopez’s case Friday afternoon.
Someone has been vandalizing the Alex Pretti memorial repeatedly since September, shaking the community of caretakers who maintain the site.
Caretakers maintain Alex Pretti memorial despite repeated vandalism • Minnesota Reformer
More than nine months after immigration agents disarmed, shot and killed Alex Pretti in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, the site of his death on Nicollet Avenue is marked with carefully arra...
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Kenis Lopez Gonzalez spoke to me from a detention center in the Central African Republic, where ICE sent him in August. Kenis is among the thousands of deportees shipped to unfamiliar countries — many of them politically unstable and autocratic.
Shakopee man from Nicaragua deported to Central African Republic • Minnesota Reformer
Kenis Lopez Gonzalez fled political persecution in Nicaragua in 2022 and turned himself in to immigration authorities upon arriving in the U.S. Two years later, an immigration judge ruled that he coul...
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The Alex Pretti memorial on Nicollet has been repeatedly vandalized since September, troubling the community of caretakers who maintain the site. The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating.
Caretakers maintain Alex Pretti memorial despite repeated vandalism • Minnesota Reformer
More than nine months after immigration agents disarmed, shot and killed Alex Pretti in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, the site of his death on Nicollet Avenue is marked with carefully arra...
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trump and vance both canceling battleground appearances the weekend before the midterms is a big deal?
most of the people i interview who are in immigration detention are christian, and spend a lot of time reading the bible. i have found that it is always, always worth it to ask if there are any verses or chapters they keep coming back to, and why.
if this theory holds, keith ellison will be the biggest winner here lol
madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 4d agosupports my theory that having klobuchar + flanagan on the top of the ballot will help the DFL. lots of enthusiastic flanagan voters will reluctantly fill the bubble for klobs. lots of enthusiastic klobuchar voters will reluctantly fill the bubble for flanagan. something for everyone on the ticket
supports my theory that having klobuchar + flanagan on the top of the ballot will help the DFL. lots of enthusiastic flanagan voters will reluctantly fill the bubble for klobs. lots of enthusiastic klobuchar voters will reluctantly fill the bubble for flanagan. something for everyone on the ticket
Nissa Mitchell@nissamitchell.com · 4d agoI don't love being put in the position to have to vote for Amy Klobuchar in the year of our lord twenty twenty-six, but I did thoroughly enjoy voting for @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social today, so that made me feel a bit better about it all.
y’all — if i’ve been slow to respond it’s because over the past month we’ve had our home broken into, car stolen, and cat euthanized. and then today the dog got hit by a car — miraculously it seems he’ll be okay
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office is charging James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felonies for unlawful voting and ID theft for filming themselves misrepresenting their identities to election judges during the Minnesota primary as voters who were registered in the precinct.
Students are beginning to turn away from the promise and prestige long associated with an American degree. The situation is especially acute in Minnesota, where higher ed relies on international students for tuition $ and diversity. minnesotareformer.com/2026/10/28/i...
Immigration restrictions are hurting already struggling Minnesota colleges, universities • Minnesota Reformer
International students, faced with restricted off-campus work options, visa denials and growing uncertainty about post-grad employment, are beginning to turn away from the promise and prestige long as...
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Minnesota campaign finance regulators have dismissed a complaint filed by state Democrats over mailers that attacked Sen. Amy Klobuchar from the left.
State campaign board dismisses DFL complaint over anti-Klobuchar ads
The complaint claimed a mysterious group targeting Klobuchar in mailers broke state campaign finance law.
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