US EditionWhat’s next for Minneapolis? A shaky promise, mounting tensions and the fight for control
Operation Metro Surge has deployed thousands of agents to enforce immigration laws amid protests and investigations following two fatal shootings by federal officers, officials said.
- Operation Metro Surge continues after two Minnesotans were killed, despite a court ruling, with Tom Homan, White House border czar, saying officials aim for a drawdown.
- DHS reports about 1,360 people in Minnesota prisons have ICE detainers, contrasted with about 300 in state and county custody, as tensions over federal detainers continue.
- On January 24, a federal judge noted evidence of racial profiling and harms, including falling school attendance and strain on emergency services, involving Minnesota, St. Paul and Minneapolis and the BCA.
- Residents say fear and disruption have led immigrant families to shelter at home and immigrant-run restaurants to close or cut staff, while two journalists arrested on January 18 livestreamed protests.
- The FBI is now leading, and DOJ statements conflict over a civil rights review, with Tom Homan offering no clear drawdown timeline, fueling uncertainty.
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Top Minnesota corrections official questions when federal immigration agencies will draw down forces
In the week-and-a-half since federal immigration agents fatally shot a man in Minnesota, the state's top corrections official told CBS News it's not clear when the government will start drawing down forces.
As Minnesota Legislative session nears, lawmakers ready response to ICE
State Rep. Jamie Long understands the sense of hopelessness some constituents feel as concerns mount about illegal conduct by the masked federal immigration agents who have roved his southwest Minneapolis district, and elsewhere in the Twin Cities, for weeks. As Operation Metro Surge enters its third month, he’s among the DFL state lawmakers who are hoping the Minnesota legislative session that begins Feb. 17 will yield new laws to hold federal …
Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Feb. 4, 2026
Countywide funding for flood control makes sense It is both gratifying and appropriate to see the IJ devoting coverage to climate adaptation. The heavy rains and king tides at the beginning of the year served to remind us that we can’t continue to keep our heads buried in the sand. Larkspur’s creek area, San Rafael’s levees, Sausalito’s waterfront and Stinson Beach’s main road all suffered flooding and damage. It is only going to get worse and m…
American Reich: Kristi Noem’s DHS is the Department of Homeland Subjugation
By Dan Dinello for Informed Comment Three thousand ICE maniacs invaded Minneapolis and rampaged through its streets, indiscriminately terrorizing immigrants and US citizens. Ordered by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to carry out Trump’s promise of “reckoning and retribution,” these masked, armed lunatics express a torrent of belligerence to everyone in sight, breaking windows,…
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arcamax.comFederal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism
Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement march through Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 25, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ImagesAn unusually large majority of Americans agree that the recent scenes of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are disturbing. Federal immigration agents have deployed with weapons and tactics more commonly associated with military operations than with civilian law enforcement. The…
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