Whistleblower: ICE training is broken

from Minnesota Today · host Minnesota Public Radio

A whistleblower says Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent poorly trained cadets to Minnesota. Ryan Schwank was a lawyer for ICE who helped train cadets until he resigned eleven days ago. He says ICE has cut training hours by nearly half and removed all legal instruction about use of force. And Pine Island says Google is behind a massive data center project, and the big tech company is promising to bring in new jobs and tax revenue.Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

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