ICE takes Operation Metro Surge into Greater Minnesota

By: Brian Arola

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: January 12, 2026

Words: 1,054

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Operation Metro Surge is fanning out far beyond the boundaries of the Twin Cities metro that the Trump administration says it’s targeting.

Most eyes, understandably, have been on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s activities in Minneapolis since an agent killed Renee Nicole Good in the city Wednesday. Already before this the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was open about Minneapolis being the “metro” referred to in the operation’s name, centering it as ground zero for the …

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