Under Operation Metro Surge, President Trump sent 3,000 federal officers to the Minneapolis area, a force five times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department.
In January 2026, U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good were fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sparking national outrage.
The only way to ensure the safety of the people of Minnesota is for the federal government to draw down their forces and end this campaign of brutality.
Our officers will return to more targeted operations, rather than the broad street sweeps that have led to clashes with protesters.
Kristi Noem has done a really GREAT JOB! The Border disaster that I inherited is fixed.
Attacks and demonization of ICE are wrong; ICE officers are facing a 1,300 percent increase in assaults, and DHS will continue immigration enforcement for the safety of Americans victimized by criminals.
On January 30, 2026, organizers held a nationwide 'no work, no school, no shopping' shutdown with protests in over 300 locations across the U.S. to demand stopping ICE funding.
The FBI arrested former CNN journalist Don Lemon on January 30, 2026, and the Justice Department charged him with federal law violations during a protest inside a St. Paul church.
The acting head of the Minneapolis FBI field office, Jarrad Smith, was removed from his post and reassigned to FBI headquarters in Washington, according to sources.
A federal judge denied Minnesota's request to block federal officers from surging into the state while a legal challenge continues.
A federal judge ordered ICE to release five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father after they were detained in Minneapolis, criticizing the administration's immigration campaign.
I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security not to intervene in protests and/or riots in Democratic-led cities unless local leaders ask for help, and federal agents will be very forceful in protecting federal property.
Alex Pretti was an agitator and perhaps an insurrectionist, based on video showing a confrontation with federal agents days before his death.
Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex's killing.
Teachers and students in our district feel hunted and under siege due to ICE agents circling schools, and we have staff stationed as observers to protect children.
ICE actions constitute racial profiling and terrorizing families and children, pulling Black and Brown people out of cars, which I call a snatch and grab.
More than 300 'ICE Out of Everywhere' protests are scheduled Saturday as outrage grows over the fatal shootings and the surge of agents.
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