More than 70 Minnesota children detained in Operation Metro Surge, data show

By: Becky Z. Dernbach and Cynthia Tu

Outlets: Sahan Journal

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 3,890

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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On Martin Luther King Day, immigration agents detained a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy and his mother in a Walmart parking lot in Mankato.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents demanded the mother reveal the location of a man named Mohammed, whom she did not know. They then handcuffed and shackled her and drove her around for hours with her kindergarten son. By the next day, both had been sent to the Dilley Immigration Processing …

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