ICE meets snow as midwesterners fight back against Trump immigration raids

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Source: theguardian.com
ICE meets snow as midwesterners fight back against Trump immigration raids

Videos show people in Minnesota and Illinois throwing snowballs at federal agents trying to arrest residents

ICE, meet snow. As federal agents aggressively raid and detain immigrants in cities across the US, people working to prevent these arrests are using the abundant snow on the ground to fight back.

In videos of confrontations in Minnesota and Illinois, people have thrown snowballs at federal agents who are trying to apprehend their neighbors, often as agents are using force or wielding weapons. In many instances, the agents then responded with more aggression, using pepper spray or teargas against protesters.

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