WASHINGTON — Ruth Jones was incensed when she learned Cottage Grove had leased its city-owned shooting range to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Jones and about a dozen other members of an immigrant advocacy group at All Saints Lutheran Church demanded — unsuccessfully — that their southeast Twin Cities suburb end its relationship with the federal agency.

“We all support law enforcement, but we don’t see ICE as law enforcement,” Jones said. “Those guys wear masks, don’t identify themselves and just grab people.”

The contract Cottage Grove signed with ICE for the rental of the HERO Training Center, jointly owned and operated with the neighboring city of Woodbury, is among dozens of Minnesota entities that have recently entered into contracts with ICE or Customs and Border Prote

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