Measuring the economic damage of Minnesota’s ICE surge is hard

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 1,978

Last Updated: 5 days, 7 hours ago

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Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million in lost wages in the Twin Cities — are based on limited data and a healthy dose of back-of-the-envelope calculations.

Anecdotal evidence from Minnesota businesses struggling from dramatic revenue losses and immigrants sheltering at home and losing wages is abundant, but the full scale of the economic impact of the surge is extremely …

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