U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Archives

Judge weighs contempt against top Department of Justice official in Minnesota over ICE orders

March 4, 2026

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The Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in downtown Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan is weighing sanctions against the top Department of Justice official in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, for the federal government’s failure to promptly return the belongings of…

Measuring the economic damage of Minnesota’s ICE surge is hard

March 2, 2026

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Federal agents block an alley near 35th Street and Chicago Avenue while they break a car window to detain a man and his young daughter Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million…

Federal judge in Minnesota threatens Trump officials with contempt over violated orders

February 26, 2026

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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building where many people detained by ICE are held. Glen Stubbe/Minnesota Reformer Thursday February 19, 2026ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A federal judge in Minnesota ordered officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice to appear before him and explain why they should not be held in contempt. U.S. District…

The end of Operation Metro Surge, in data

February 23, 2026

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ICE agents allow the driver to talk to his wife as they arrest him and his passenger during a traffic stop Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 on Bottineau Blvd. in Robbinsdale. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — President Donald Trump’s border czar announced the imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, the surge of 3,000 immigration enforcement agents in…

Moorhead City Council debates creating city ordinance regarding ICE operations

February 17, 2026

Eric Bolin,

The Moorhead City Council, along with first responders and the public meet to discuss ordinances dealing with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. 2/17/26.MOORHEAD — The Moorhead City Council held a workshop at the Hjemkomst Center where there was some heated debate on the issue of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the city. The topic of ICE took…

North Dakota has an anti-mask law. Could it apply to ICE agents?

February 16, 2026

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A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Could a North Dakota law that makes it illegal for people to conceal their identities in certain situations also apply to masked immigration agents? One University of North Dakota School…

DOJ drops charges against two men accused of attacking federal agent in ICE shooting

February 13, 2026

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Federal Bureau of Prisons officers on the scene where a federal immigration agent shot a man Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in north Minneapolis. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The U.S. Department of Justice, citing evidence inconsistent with its earlier allegations, dropped felony charges against two men accused of assaulting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

High-speed car chase involving federal agent ended with multi-car crash in St. Paul

February 11, 2026

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A high-speed car chase involving a man in a red Prius and federal agent ended with multi-car crash at Nina’s in St. Paul Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. (Photo by Alyssa Chen/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — A high-speed car chase that witnesses said involved a young man and a federal agent on Wednesday ended with a multi-car crash outside…

Two men charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting released by a judge, re-detained by ICE

February 5, 2026

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Federal Bureau of Prisons officers on the scene where a federal immigration agent shot a man Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in north Minneapolis. (Photo by Max Nesterak/MInnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Two Venezuelan men who were charged with assaulting a federal immigration agent were re-detained after a judge ordered them to be released on Tuesday. On Jan. 14, the…

Homeland Security audits Hennepin Healthcare’s employment records for undocumented workers

January 15, 2026

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EMT and medical student Jamey Sharp speaks at a press conference about protocols for ICE encounters at medical centers Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 outside of Hennepin County Medical Center. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is auditing Hennepin Healthcare, which operates Minnesota’s largest safety net hospital, for compliance with immigrant…