Minnesota Businesses Resisted ICE, and Now Face DHS Audits (1)

Employment records of at least two Minneapolis-area businesses are being audited by the Department of Homeland Security, in what state and local officials describe as retaliation over the fallout from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Hennepin Healthcare, which operates the state’s largest safety-net hospital, and Mischief Toy Store, a small retailer in St. Paul, both got notices from DHS demanding records to verify their employees are authorized to work in the US.

At a court hearing this week, Lindsey Middlecamp, a lawyer with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, described the audits as retaliatory, according to John ...