This page features an archive of daily updates and articles from the peak of “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota. Currently, it is no longer being updated.

For new stories on immigration enforcement in Minnesota, visit these collections:

An archive of updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota from the peak of “Operation Metro Surge.” Currently, this page is no longer being updated.


People take part in a march down a city street

Tom Baker for MPR News

Lindsey Seavert

Heather Zielinski had already planned to pay respects to a man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Saturday in Minneapolis, after seeing the video on social media. She later learned with shock that the victim was her longtime friend.


Friends, mourners remember Alex Pretti at Minneapolis vigil

The latest on ICE in Minnesota

At vigil in Minneapolis, a longtime friend remembers Alex Pretti

MPR News Staff

People gathered across the state Saturday night to mourn Alex Pretti after he was fatally shot by a federal agent earlier in the day in Minneapolis. Many also protested increased federal immigration enforcement happening in the state.  


people standing outside with candles at vigil 

Ellie Roth | MPR News

Vigils across Minnesota remember Alex Pretti 

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it has been “blocked” from investigating Saturday morning’s fatal shooting of a man by federal officers.


 Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it's “blocked” from investigating fatal shooting of a man by federal officers

A number of sites in the Twin Cities have closed or announced shelter-in-place orders after a 37-year-old man was shot and killed by federal immigration officers on Saturday in Minneapolis near 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. 


Ben Hovland | MPR News

Sites across the cities close after man shot and killed by federal immigration agents 

Alex Pretti, 37, was the man fatally shot by a federal agent Saturday morning. Gov. Tim Walz called federal claims of what happened at the scene “nonsense” and “lies” and said the state’s judicial system “will have the last word.” State agents said the feds denied them access to the scene even after investigators got a search warrant signed by a judge.


Pain, anger, action in Twin Cities after a second fatal shooting by a federal agent

Molly Castle Work

Resident physicians and other health care professionals at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester braved the extremely bitter cold Friday to stage a brief walkout in a show of support for and solidarity with their immigrant patients, colleagues and the community. 


Health care providers at Mayo Clinic walk out in protest of ICE, CBP operations

Mayo Clinic medical residents and fellows organized a 15-minute walk out Friday to call for an end to the ramped up federal immigration enforcement actions in Rochester and across the state.

Molly Castle Work | MPR News

Kyra Miles

Feven Gerezgiher

Thousands gathered in frigid downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal immigration crackdown, calling for ICE to leave Minnesota and accountability in the killing of Renee Macklin Good.


Thousands brave subzero temps in Minneapolis to demand ICE out of Minnesota

Erica Zurek

Resident physicians and fellows from the University of Minnesota and HCMC took a break from work Friday to demand that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents leave Minnesota and its hospitals.


Young doctors say ICE presence harming patients, call for agents to leave

Brandt Williams

An attorney for the family says they are documented asylum seekers from Ecuador and well-known members of their Hopkins community. The judge has ordered ICE to bring the family back to Minnesota if they have already been removed. 


Judge orders ICE to keep Hopkins family in Minnesota

The protest is against the ongoing federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. The building is a base of operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies and been a focal point of recent protests.


The latest on ICE in Minnesota

News you can use in your inbox