Two weeks ago, the latest crackdown on a U.S. “sanctuary city” led to tragedy, after a federal agent shot a protester to death in Minneapolis. We interview Karen Shragg, a Minnesota native and long-time overpopulation activist, on the current situation in the Twin Cities and where we go from here.
by The Overpopulation Project
Over the past year, Donald Trump’s second administration increased border security and decreased asylum and refugee admissions into the United States. Both moves have been broadly popular. More controversially, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiated a series of mass enforcement actions in Democratic cities, including Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis. Tragically, this most recent action resulted in the shooting death of Renee Good, a mother of three.
Daily video posts from Minneapolis show chaotic scenes of protesters squaring off against ICE agents. Are these justified enforcement operations to reduce illegal immigration, or punishment for Democrat-led cities that voted against Donald Trump in 2024? Here to help readers make sense of what is happening is Dr. Karen Shragg, lifelong environmentalist, naturalist, educator and overpopulation activist.
Karen is a native of Minnesota and directed the Wood Lake Nature Center, in the Twin Cities metro area, for many years. She received her doctorate from the University of St. Thomas in 2002 and has written many books and articles, including Move Upstream, A Call to Solve Overpopulation. Karen tells us how things feel “on the ground” in Minneapolis/St. Paul. She and Phil Cafaro compare where they would like to see U.S. immigration policy move in the future, and discuss whether current events are moving America closer or further away from a just and sustainable immigration policy.































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