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A Twin Cities research and progressive policy group released new numbers estimating the cost of the federal government’s “Operation Metro Surge” earlier this year. An analysis by North Star Policy Action showed the state's leisure and hospitality sector lost more than 4,000 jobs and a loss of more than $70 million in wages during the first three months of the year. 

For more about how the analysis reached those numbers, MPR News host Nina Moini talked with the organization’s research director Aaron Rosenthal. 

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Research and progressive policy group North Star Policy Action used federal jobs data and statistical modeling to estimate the economic impact of the federal immigration surge. 

Analysis: More than 4,000 leisure, hospitality jobs lost during first three months of 2026

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