The Apple Valley City Council adopts a resolution intended to recognize the effects the operation had on residents, businesses, and local government operations while urging state and federal leaders to address broader immigration policy issues and support communities impacted by the enforcement activity.

Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan announced this morning that a large-scale federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, referred to as “Operation Metro Surge,” is coming to a close, with a significant drawdown of personnel already underway.

The South St. Paul City Council will hold a Special Worksession Community Impacts of Federal Immigration Enforcement on Thursday, February 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Kaposia Education Center Auditorium, located at 1225 1st Avenue South.

54 people were arrested after the protests became unruly and an unlawful assembly was declared outside the Federal Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday afternoon.

Eagan police are investigating a felony-level property damage incident after multiple vehicles believed to be associated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were found damaged in a parking garage earlier this month.

The Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved an amended letter during a special meeting on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, calling on Minnesota’s congressional delegation and other federal and state leaders to improve communication and coordination surrounding heightened federal immigration enforcement activity in the county.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has been requested by the Minneapolis Police Department to investigate a January 14, 2026, use-of-force incident involving a federal law enforcement officer in north Minneapolis.

Law enforcement leaders from across the Twin Cities metro area held a joint press conference on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, to publicly address mounting concerns over the conduct of a small group of federal agents operating in Minnesota, warning that recent actions may be violating constitutional protections, damaging public trust, and undermining public safety.

Law enforcement officials have provided clarification following the circulation of social media videos showing officers from the Minneapolis Police Department and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department confiscating cases of bottled water from anti-ICE demonstrators during protests outside the Whipple Federal Building over the weekend in Minneapolis.

Tensions flared in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon, January 17, 2026, after anti-ICE and pro-ICE demonstrators clashed during competing protests, prompting a heightened public-safety response and the mobilization of the Minnesota National Guard to support local authorities if needed.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, along with the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to halt what they describe as an unprecedented surge of federal immigration enforcement activity in the Twin Cities.

Hilton Hotels has announced it is taking immediate action to remove a Lakeville hotel from its systems following continued concerns tied to allegations that federal immigration and homeland security personnel were denied lodging at the property.

A controversy is unfolding in the Twin Cities after emails and social media posts surfaced alleging that federal immigration and homeland security personnel had their hotel reservations canceled or denied by a Hilton-branded property in Lakeville, Minnesota.

New details have emerged following federal immigration enforcement activity in Burnsville over the weekend, including allegations from a resident at a local apartment complex who says federal agents assaulted them.