An ICE arrest on Augsburg University’s Minneapolis campus set off conflicting accounts between university officials and federal agents about whether courts warrants were presented and whether the arrest occurred on private property. Campus leaders said officers lacked a judicial warrant and accused agents of overreach; the Department of Homeland Security countered that agents had a warrant and that campus staff obstructed the arrest — a dispute that spotlights legal uncertainty and campus-police protocols. Separately, a study from New America finds that aggressive immigration enforcement has driven nearly 40,000 foreign-born early-childhood educators out of the workforce, exacerbating staffing shortages in child-care centers and affecting parents’ workforce participation. Researchers say policy and enforcement changes have turned once 'sensitive locations' into places where workers fear reporting to their jobs. Together these developments have immediate implications for campus operations and local school systems: institutions must refine protocols for law-enforcement interactions, support affected students and families, and coordinate with local providers as workforce gaps widen.
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