If you hadn’t invested in the newsroom, you wouldn’t be able to react in that way,” said Steve Grove, publisher and chief executive.

The memo was dated Jan. 28 and signed by by Acting Director Todd Lyons.

Over the past month, the Trump administration has deployed thousands of federal immigration agents to the Minneapolis area. On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Pretti was the third person shot by federal agents in the area in January.

Demonstrations drew sizable crowds in several cities, including Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., and churches in the Twin Cities rang their bells in support of detainees and protesters.

Protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and beyond.

Anti-ICE demonstrations are expected across the country today, including a student walkout in New York City and a protest in Minneapolis following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations.

Homan said the withdrawal of federal agents "is dependent upon cooperation."

Congressional investigations reveal alleged CCP ties behind Minneapolis protest funding through dark money networks reportedly linked to Shanghai resident.

The former cast member returned to play White House border czar Tom Homan in a sketch tackling the political unrest happening in Minneapolis. President Donald Trump recently sent Homan there to lead immigration enforcement operations.