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DHS documents show widespread spying on anti-ICE protesters, unions

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Department of Homeland Security investigators took part in a broad probe of progressive groups during Operation Metro Surge, court filings show.

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  1. Southern Minnesota

    Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Metro Surge (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance effort during Operation Metro Surge, according to court documents filed Thursday morning.

  2. Kansas Reflector

    Documents show how feds spied on protesters, left-wing organizations and unions during Minnesota Surge (opens Kansas Reflector)

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    Homeland Security investigators secretly recorded conversations, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records for labor unions and progressive groups as part of a wide-ranging surveillance effort during Operation Metro Surge, according to court documents filed Thursday morning.

  3. The New Republic

    DHS Spied on Labor Unions During Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota (opens The New Republic)

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    The Trump administration responded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January by opening up investigations into left-leaning groups days later. The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security opened probes into labor unions, a …

  4. UPI

    DHS documents show widespread spying on anti-ICE protesters, unions (opens UPI)

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    Department of Homeland Security investigators took part in a broad probe of progressive groups during Operation Metro Surge, court filings show.

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