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This Is Not a Secret Conspiracy—Just Ask Local Journalists

Columbia Journalism Review · Susie Banikarim · last updated

A viral video, a prerecorded firing, a retouched photo—and a new columnist.

On Wednesday, when an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement killed a woman during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, it was the latest escalation in a series of events that have converged in Minnesota over the past few months. The shooting occurred during a surge in operations that senior officials with the Department of Homeland Security told Julia Ainsley, an NBC reporter, came in response to a viral video by a MAGA influencer named Nick Shirley, alleging fraud in Somali-run daycares that receive federal subsidies.

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