"As anyone who's ever set booted foot in Minnesota in winter can attest, gravity and overconfidence are no match for one of the world's most slippery surfaces. Given the abundance of cameras that tend to follow ICE agents, it was perhaps inevitable that there would be multiple viral videos of agents absolutely biffing it on literal ice throughout the Twin Cities."
"Minneapolis is currently inundated with two kinds of ice-both of which make it hard for residents to move about the city. The bone-chilling winter cold has left icy deposits on streets and sidewalks, while the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has run roughshod over them in what the Department of Homeland Security calls " the largest DHS operation ever.""
"Midwestern progressives may have cheered such content no matter the context, but given recent events, the videos have taken on deeper resonance. Minneapolis has been at the center of a political firestorm since December, when President Trump seized on reports of social services fraud in the city, perpetrated in part by Somali Americans, to denigrate the area's entire deeply rooted Somali community."
Minneapolis is hindered by hazardous winter ice on streets and sidewalks and by a heavy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence described by the Department of Homeland Security as the largest DHS operation ever. Viral videos of ICE agents slipping on literal ice have proliferated, resonating with critics amid heightened local tensions. President Trump amplified reports of social services fraud, linked partly to Somali Americans, prompting a DHS deployment of up to 2,000 agents on January 6. The deployment preceded the daylight shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, triggering massive protests nationwide and legal challenges from Minnesota and Illinois while national politicians criticized the administration.
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