 In this issue: Scenes from ICE protests in MinnesotaMeet photojournalists Aaron Nesheim and Ellen SchmidtMental health impacts of solitary confinement |
| TOP STORY On the ground with local newsrooms as ICE operations unfold across Minnesota |
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| Protesters advance toward federal agents with their hands up at the scene where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. Photo: Ellen Schmidt / MinnPost / CatchLight Local / Report for America |
| For weeks, Minnesota has been at the center of rapidly unfolding immigration enforcement actions, including multiple shootings and large public protests. Throughout it all, Sahan Journal and MinnPost have remained on the ground, reporting in real time. Their teams of writers, editors, and photojournalists have worked around the clock, often at personal risk, to provide timely, trustworthy information to the public.In this newsletter, we feature visual reporting by Aaron Nesheim from Sahan Journal and CatchLight Local Fellow Ellen Schmidt from MinnPost, whose photographs make visible the stakes, the response, and the human impact of immigration enforcement.Content warning: Some images may be difficult to viewers. |
| Content warning: Some images may be difficult to viewers. |
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| A man looks on at the scene where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. Photo: Ellen Schmidt / MinnPost / CatchLight Local / Report for America |
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| A Minnesota state trooper in riot gear is seen as protests fill the scene where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. // A protester is pepper-sprayed at short range while being detained at the scene. Photos: Ellen Schmidt / MinnPost / CatchLight Local / Report for America |
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| Protesters blocked off Portland Ave with barricades on Jan. 8, the day after Renee Good was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Photo: Aaron Nesheim / Sahan Journal |
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| A Border Patrol officer screams “I’ll do it” as he aims a 40mm launcher at a protester on Jan. 7. // A woman cries as she places a cross on the spot where Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7. Photos: Aaron Nesheim / Sahan Journal |
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| Border Chief Gregory Bovino arrives at the scene where Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7. Photo: Aaron Nesheim / Sahan Journal |
 Meet the visual storytellersAaron Nesheim is a photojournalist at Sahan Journal whose work has covered the police killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright and the subsequent trials of Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter for The New York Times. His photography has also appeared in The Guardian, Grist, and Time Magazine. Ellen Schmidt joined MinnPost as a full-time visual journalist through the 2025 CatchLight Local Fellowship, in partnership with Report for America. Born-and-raised in Minnesota, she aims to visualize home, capture emotion and help people relate to one another. |
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