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Residents urge Coon Rapids leaders to respond after reported federal immigration enforcement activity
Summary
At the March 3 council meeting, multiple residents described seeing federal immigration enforcement vehicles and masked agents in city areas, urged stronger city leadership and asked the council to consider a League of Minnesota Cities resolution; council read an open-mic response but took no formal action.
Dozens of residents used the Open Mic portion of the Coon Rapids City Council meeting on March 3 to describe recent federal immigration enforcement activity in and near the city and to press elected officials for a stronger response. The speakers said the operations had caused fear and disrupted families in the community.
Attorney and legal observer Colette Adkins said she "observed several federal enforcement vehicles and masked agents with weapons" at an event in the City Hall and Police Department parking lot on Feb. 20, 2026, and said their presence interfered with her attempts to film the detention and to communicate with the person being detained.…
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