Leigh Turner

I remember learning about the MS St. Louis in school and wondering how multiple countries could possibly have turned away a ship of desperate refugees. I don't wonder about that any more.

Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.

NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.

“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.

But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.

Benefit concert for immigrant legal support tomorrow, 4-6. Link to stream and link to donate in QR codes

In person sold out, but can stream:
Live from the heart of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, alt-country band The Gated Community presents a free streaming concert of protest songs and original material on Saturday, February 7 from 4-6 pm CST. All donations will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

I couldn't string sentences together yesterday, Maybe that's a sign that I shouldn't have been spared when all my fantastic colleagues who unfairly lost their jobs pushed through their grief to write beautiful notes about their careers and the situation at The Washington Post. The health team lost 8 out of 13 reporters yesterday despite health listed as part of The Post's new pared down focus. Just six months after becoming an editor and having the honor to lead an all-star team covering federal health agencies and public health, I have to go back to reporting because there are barely any health reporters left to edit. I'll say more about the reporters we lost later today, but as a team, we did everything we were supposed to do under the vision for The Post to be a digital innovator that breaks news, offers hard-hitting accountability and directly address reader concerns. We landed exclusives on the CDC director's firing, plans to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, projections for steep ACA marketplace rate increases and more. We avoided dutiful iterative stories and covered storylines such as the expiration of enhanced ACA premiums with smart targeted angles that were widely read. We broke the mold of a traditional newspaper with clever formats including a pop-up newsletter and live chats to help readers navigate new restrictions on coronavirus vaccines, a quiz to understand new dietary guidelines and vertical videos to showcase reporter expertise. The Metro section where I started my career (and offers a clear reason for millions of potential subscribers to pay for us instead of or in addition to other national outlets!) is hollowed out. Reporters around the world wiped out after the owner set a vision for international relevance. A sports department home to journalistic legends shuttered. And so much more bleeding across the entire newsroom.

The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.

19-TS of 020326 hearing - Segundo APG v. Bondi, 26-CV-603

"We shouldn't need a specific court order to ask the DOJ not to put somebody's life in danger." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Live from the heart of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, The Gated Community presents a free streaming concert of protest songs on Saturday, Feb 7 at 4 pm CST. All donations will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.

Link for the live stream:
thegatedcommunityband.com/live-stream

Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists

"As emails notifying employees that they were laid off began landing in inboxes, journalists at The Post began notifying their colleagues that their positions had been cut. 'Eliminated,' 'Eliminated,' 'Eliminated,' their messages to one another read." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

DeSantis’ Canadian drug import plan in Florida goes from campaign trail to tough realities The state’s effort has stalled in part because it failed to win over the Canadian drug industry, which has consistently warned the Canadian government that the U.S. program jeopardized the country’s d...

"One obstacle Florida and at least eight other states have faced from the beginning is the lack of participation from the Canadian government and the pharmaceutical industry. Despite that, Florida has spent by far the most, and it has made the least amount of progress".

As immigration crackdown spreads beyond Minneapolis, the small town of Northfield resists Much of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is concentrated in Minneapolis and surrounding cities. But federal agents are making arrests across Minnesota and community members are banding...

Much of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is concentrated in Minneapolis and surrounding cities. But federal agents are making arrests across Minnesota and community members are banding together to keep watch and support immigrant neighbors. A view of the resistance from Northfield.

Detained by Immigration Agents, 5-Year-Old Liam Has Been Released From Custody

“We want all children to be released from detention centers and hope for the reunification of families who have been unjustly separated.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

FDA warns ‘Dr. Goodenowe’ health centre founder that his recent supplement study put patient health at risk | CBC News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rebuked the founder of Moose Jaw’s controversial Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center, alleging that a recent clinical trial of his supplements put t...

"On Jan. 20, the FDA publicly posted a warning letter to Dayan Goodenowe and his company Prodrome Sciences USA, LLC, which manufactures pills and oils that he has claimed can help stop and reverse the progression of conditions like ALS, Alzheimer’s and autism." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.” apnews.com/article/immi...

Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.

"On Saturday, a federal court judge ordered Liam and his father to be released. Hundreds of other law-abiding children and parents who are detained at Dilley should also be released." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Minneapolis Residents Wear Their Passports, Desperate to Ward Off ICE

"Now, many people here are asking a question that is a novel one in America: Is it safe to leave home without proof of citizenship? Has the United States turned into a show-me-your-papers nation? For many Minnesotans, the answer has been an unequivocal yes." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

Judge orders release of 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minneapolis Below his signature on the order, the judge included a photo of Liam Ramos as he was taken into custody wearing a Spider-Man backpack and bright blue hat.

“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny!

I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

Peaceful protests unfolded outside schools and universities from Rhode Island to Texas on Friday to protest President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Erin Patrick O’Connor reported from Minneapolis’s march. https://wapo.st/4kajQ9z

Here's another megalomaniac who was very enthusiastic about building a giant triumphal arch: www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/....

The caption accompanying this horrifying photograph: "Three federal agents are seen pointing guns at an ICE observer near Jefferson Park in St. Peter, Minn. on Thursday."

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

apnews.com/article/immi...
Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit.

“One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas

Again: It’s unclear why federal agents are assaulting any of these legal observers. They ARE the violence.

Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad

St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

Protesters gathered around the Capitol

Protesters marching from campus to Capitol Square

Protester holding a sign saying "ICE IT! SMASH FASCISM" with a picture of melting ice

Protester with a sign painted with an image of Liam Ramos

Madison, Wisconsin showed up in solidarity with Minnesota today.

For the second frigid Friday in a row, thousands of demonstrators marched through Minneapolis to protest President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Others across the country also answered the call to protest, from New York to Texas. https://wapo.st/4boUUsz

Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

“Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it and talk to the people involved, including the pastor, members of the church and members of the organization. That’s it. That’s called journalism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders.

@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.

Greenlanders Watching Turmoil in the United States Say No Thanks

“What are we supposed to think of the U.S. now?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/w...