2,300 immigrants arrested in Operation Metro Surge were deported or left country

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 930

Last Updated: 2 days, 18 hours ago

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The winter surge of 3,000 federal immigration agents to Minnesota eventually led to over 2,300 immigrants leaving the country, according to updated federal data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement obtained by the Deportation Data Project.

The figure is a modest increase from the Reformer’s previous tally of 1,760 people who were deported or left the country after being arrested by ICE in the surge. The new total includes 2,019 immigrants who were …

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