Immigrants protest Wells Fargo investments in for-profit detention
Somalis and Latinos rallied in Minneapolis to protest the bank's donations to anti-immigrant lawmakers and investments in for-profit prisons that detain immigrants.
Somalis and Latinos rallied in Minneapolis to protest the bank's donations to anti-immigrant lawmakers and investments in for-profit prisons that detain immigrants.
Closing arguments are expected Monday.
Miguel Sano homered, but Max Kepler had the winning hit.
The COVID-19 pandemic is partly to blame.
The project has raised affordable housing and gentrification concerns, but the mayor says all types of housing are needed in St. Paul.
The Lake Street station was one of two burned last May.
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Dave Hutchinson has asked Mayor Mike Elliott whether the city still needs help from other law enforcement agencies.
The closure is expected to be in place for an "extended period of time."
The latest from Minnesota health officials.
The shooting happened after two vehicles crashed around 2 a.m. April 12.
About 200 demonstrators, chanting 'Banks got bailed out, we got sold out,' marched from the Hennepin County Government Center plaza to Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Minneapolis today.
Immigration officials say they won’t move to deport a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was arrested in Minnesota for driving without a valid license on Friday, the Washington Post reports. Jose Antonio Vargas drew national attention last year when he revealed that he’s an illegal immigrant. He had been driving to Carleton College in Northfield on Friday to speak at an event, but never made it because he was detained by a trooper who pulled him over for having headphones on while driving.
Illinois Democrat Richard Durbin has sent a letter to the CEO of Wells Fargo asking why the bank is charging customers in some states $3 a month to use their debit cards.
Protesters called for cities to support refugees and denounced immigration restrictions.
The Sunday march was protesting ICE, family separation and immigration bans.
The Atlanta-based airline says the Twin Cities is a key part of its operations. Delta's senior vice president of Minnesota operations told the Star Tribune the airline is investing more than $3 million in new equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Delta already employs 12,000 people in Minnesota and plans to add 400 positions in June.
There's another protest slated for Tuesday.
In Minnesota, as nationally, new Asian immigrants outnumber Hispanics for the first time. A big draw: jobs.
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