Members of the Minneapolis City Council discussed denying the renewal of liquor licenses to two hotels that housed agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday.
Border czar Tom Homan announced an end to Operation Metro Surge, a crackdown on illegal immigration, during a Thursday press conference, stating that over 12,000 illegal immigrants had been taken into custody. Some council members claimed that by housing DHS personnel, the Canopy, a hotel affiliated with the Hilton hotel conglomerate, and the Depot, which is affiliated with Marriott, placed public safety at risk, WMSP Fox 9, a Minneapolis-area TV station, reported.
“Do we want to take a moment to do due process and investigate the situation that our constituents throughout the city have raised up as a grave concern or not?” Minneapolis Councilwoman Aurin Chowdhury asked, according to WCCO, a CBS affiliate in Minneapolis.
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“We believe that a liquor license is a privilege and that privilege should be reserved for businesses who keep the public safety in mind,” Unite Here Local 17 recording secretary Wade Luneburg told WMSP.
Anti-ICE rioters targeted hotels suspected of housing federal agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol, and other federal agencies supporting the surge of federal law enforcement personnel to Minneapolis after President Donald Trump declared an end to “Temporary Protected Status” for Somalis in the state on Nov. 22 after City Journal published a report detailing significant welfare fraud targeting multiple programs. The anti-ICE rioters also attacked journalists and counter-protesters defending ICE’s operations.
A rapid response network in Minnesota monitored ICE vehicles, shared their locations, and called for backup to confront agents, sometimes resulting in physical altercations, Fox News Digital reported. The fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good took place during confrontations connected to “rapid-response” to ICE operations, which were aimed at apprehending illegal aliens with criminal records.
The City Council declined to delay a planned Thursday vote on the liquor licenses, instead electing to carry out a one-day investigation by staff, at which point the council will decide whether to allow the licenses to be renewed, according to WMSP and WCCO.
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