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Since an ICE agent shot and killed US citizen Renee Good on January 7, Minneapolis has erupted in protests. Thousands have taken to the streets as federal authorities deployed thousands more immigration officers, resulting in more than 3,000 arrests. So how did we get here, how did ICE become so powerful, and why has the city become a flashpoint for the country?


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Guest: Will Pavia, New York correspondent, The Times

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Read more: What is ICE? A history from 9/11 to the fatal shooting of an American

Further listening: Who is Stephen Miller? Trump’s man behind ‘America First’

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