ICE’s ‘Operation Metro Surge,’ detention expansion, and state pushback shake U.S. immigration enforcement

Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month.

ICE says he tried to flee while handcuffed and ‘fell and hit his head against a concrete wall,’ causing his injuries.

Hospital staff told the AP such a fall could not plausibly account for his brain hemorrhaging and eight skull fractures.

McLaughlin’s claim he was targeted for removal was contradicted by a court filing saying his visa overstay was learned after he was in custody.

‘The surge of immigration agents into Minnesota has left no part of the state unscathed.’

‘It has literally ended any sense of safety for our children and our families and our staff.’

‘You expect them to be arresting the murderers and the pedophiles… it’s been the gardeners and the housekeepers and the roofers.’

‘It’s become normalized now to see masked men with huge weapons in unmarked vehicles. Five-year-olds should not be able to recognize ICE agents.’

Homan said there will still be a "small force" that remains "for a short period of time" to respond when agents "get surrounded by agitators."

The White House has said the operation...has led to the arrests of 4,000 "criminal illegal aliens" including people with homicide and sex offense convictions.

City leaders in Minneapolis say federal immigration enforcement operations cost local businesses and restaurants $81 million in January.

AG Keith Ellison called the surge an "unprecedented, unnecessary, and unconstitutional exercise of force" that left "much pain in its wake."

Judge declines to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota with more protests slated across the US today.

Link directs to a CNN report on Minnesota protests and a national boycott related to Operation Metro Surge.

A federal judge in Minnesota is temporarily barring federal immigration agents from retaliating against people engaging in lawful and peaceful protest.

The order also protects those observing agents’ activities under Homeland Security's Operation Metro Surge.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota is temporarily barring federal immigration agents from retaliating against people engaging in lawful and peaceful protest, as well as those observing their activities under Homeland Security's Operation Metro Surge.

More than 3,000 arrests of criminal illegal aliens in Minneapolis' Operation Metro Surge since its inception.

ICE and DHS's work is just getting started, signaling continued and expanded enforcement efforts.

Operation Metro Surge arrested more public safety threats—many were previously released from Minnesota jails.

ICE is doing what @GovTimWalz and @MayorFrey have refused to do: put American families, American children, and American lives FIRST.

Many were previously released from Minnesota jails.

Worst of the worst:

ICE tells Minnesota man his work permit doesn’t mean he’s in the country legally.

The agency is increasingly targeting immigrants with active work permits during Operation Metro Surge.

ICE tells Minnesota man his work permit doesn’t mean he’s in the country legally. The agency is increasingly targeting immigrants with active work permits during Operation Metro Surge.

🚨SCOOP: ICE just signed a $30M contract to design new “mega” detention centers — including proposals to turn vacant Amazon-style warehouses into holding sites.

The Lever reporter @ktyschwnk explains 👇

Read her full reporting here: https://www.levernews.com/ice-moves-to-turn-warehouses-into-mega-jails/

Their own data says that at least 40% of the immigrants they have arrested had no criminal record whatsoever. None.

When they came here originally they were touting they were only going to target the 'worst of the worst.'