MinnPost analysis: How Minnesota’s remarkable response to Operation Metro Surge changed politics — and the state

By: Ana Radelat

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 1,480

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — Operation Metro Surge ended about two months ago, but Minnesota’s response to the massive immigration crackdown has had a lasting effect on U.S. politics — turning an issue that President Donald Trump considered a political asset into a liability — and on the views Americans have of the nation’s newcomers.

And it may have reshaped the way the state’s immigrants view their community.

Humberto Flores, who owns a residential and commercial cleaning company …

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