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Updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota from the peak of “Operation Metro Surge.” 


People take part in a march down a city street

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Jude Joffe-Block

The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.


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ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir

Mathew Holding Eagle III

A construction worker tried swimming away from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a targeted operation at the SouthSide Hotel near Lake Bemidji on Thursday.





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Construction worker arrested after swimming away from ICE agents on Lake Bemidji

Cathy Wurzer

Lukas Levin

Proving that 15 Minnesotans conspired to impede or injure federal officers during the surge of immigration agents into the state will be difficult for federal prosecutors, says University of St. Thomas law professor Mark Osler.


MPR News - Programs - Government is facing an 'uphill climb' in charges against Minnesotans, law expert says

Security officials attempt to shut the doors to the federal courthouse 

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Feds face 'uphill climb' in Minnesota anti-ICE conspiracy case, law expert says

Matt Sepic

A federal judge in St. Paul on Friday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to ensure that clergy are able to visit immigration detainees at the Whipple Federal Building. Judge Jerry Blackwell’s decision comes amid a lawsuit that a group of Minnesota religious leaders filed in February.


Judge orders Homeland Security to open Whipple to clergy

woman speaks on courthouse plaza with clergy

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Martin Kaste

Federal agents are accused of using dangerous driving tactics during immigration enforcement. Their vehicle pursuits have been blamed for crashes and at least one death.


Recent crashes raise questions about chase rules for immigration agents

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | NPR

Crashes raise concerns about pursuit rules for immigration agents

Regina Medina

Aliya Rahman said she was escorted out after standing during the speech. She said she was injured in the process and taken to the emergency room.


Aliya Rahman removed from State of the Union

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Minnesotan Aliya Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union

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Federal officials say fewer than 1,000 immigration agents are left in Minnesota amid the reported winding down of what the White House has called “Operation Metro Surge.”


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Federal officials: Fewer than 1,000 immigration agents remain in Minnesota

A judge held the government in contempt for defying an order and flying a St. Louis Park man to Texas.


A plane is loaded with people detained by ICE.

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Judge finds government in contempt, orders ICE to repay man for flight home from Texas

Nina Moini

Aleesa Kuznetsov

Ryan Schwank was a lawyer with ICE who worked as a trainer at the ICE academy from Sept. 2025 until he resigned earlier this month. In his first interview with local news in Minnesota, he described a broken system that allowed agents into the field who were unprepared. 


ICE whistleblower: New agents came to Minnesota untrained

The Associated Press

A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency's training program for new recruits is “deficient, defective and broken.”


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