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The Department of Homeland Security's Operation Metro Surge and its claims of arrests and detentions.
The narrative of drug bust that involved underground tunnels, large quantities of drugs and 96 arrests is not supported by the reporting provided: the only subterranean narcotics tunnel described in t...
’s televised address responding to activity in urged Minnesotans to record immigration-enforcement encounters — “ in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record,” a line printed verbatim in ...
Available reporting documents a high-profile / operation called in that officials say produced multiple arrests of noncitizens with criminal records, and separately describes a large narcotics tunnel ...
Yes — multiple local, national and federal outlets report that DHS and ICE have deployed a large surge of federal agents to the Twin Cities and that agents have been conducting door‑to‑door enforcemen...
The legal observer movement in Minnesota is a volunteer-driven network of trained civilians who document and monitor federal immigration enforcement and other law‑enforcement actions to protect consti...
Minnesota does not broadly “deport” undocumented immigrants because removal is a federal function, and state and local officials in Minnesota have chosen policies and practices that limit cooperation ...
There is clear reporting of large, coordinated drug enforcement actions in and the , including past multi-agency busts and federal indictments tied to , but the available sources do not show evidence ...
Yes — multiple news organizations and local reporting document Homeland Security/ICE teams conducting door‑to‑door operations in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area as part of a large federal surge; those o...
There is no reporting in the documents provided that shows credible evidence were paid to demonstrate against and ; coverage instead documents mass volunteer mobilization, organized observer trainings...
There is no ICE statement or case record mentioning anyone named “Saly” in the reporting provided; available official comments from ICE and the Department of Homeland Security address broad Operation ...
Local reporting and official statements show Minneapolis police have, on balance, tried to maintain distance from the recent surge of ICE operations while the federal government has pressed forward wi...
The sensational story that federal agents uncovered a sophisticated mansion owned by immigration attorneys, seizing 2.64 tons of drugs, $18.7 million in cash and arresting 96 people in a six‑hour raid...
has conducted door‑to‑door activity as part of narrowly framed operations — notably the large January surge in the where officers were reported knocking on doors to follow leads about fraud, human smu...
A definitive national count of high schools that have entered to make arrests is not available in the reporting; journalists document multiple local incidents but no comprehensive tally, so the only s...
Available public reporting does not provide a verifiable, up‑to‑the‑minute count of “ presently in ”; open claims range from specific tallies tied to DHS/ enforcement lists to state corrections data t...
Recent reporting documents multiple instances in late 2024–2026 where and other agents have detained, questioned, or otherwise targeted people who were in the midst of legitimate immigration processes...
The available reporting shows documented use of hexachloroethane (HC)–type smoke grenades by federal forces during U.S. protest operations in 2020—most thoroughly documented in Portland—while official...
Reporting does not support a single, independently verified count of “illegal aliens arrested for crime in ”; federal releases and local media give different totals that range from hundreds to several...
Federal immigration officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have the authority to operate in Minnesota under federal law as a federal agency charged with enforcing immigration sta...
saw dozens of protest-related arrests during January 2026 demonstrations against an enforcement surge — reporting cites roughly 29–30 people arrested over a single weekend and about 100 clergy detaine...