DATA: Test Your Knowledge of the Numbers of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Minnesota

In Minnesota, an estimated 9,000 residents with temporary protections have lost their status or are at imminent risk of losing it. Roughly 13,000 asylum-seeker cases sit pending in Minnesota alone, part of a national backlog exceeding 1 million.

By: Natalie Mazey

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 1,296

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Liam Conejo Ramos — the 5-year-old boy photographed in a blue bunny hat and a spiderman backpack — came to national attention during the peak of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. His father, Adrian Conejo Arias, had entered the United States legally and requested asylum, following the protocol laid out by the immigration system. Still, …

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