Overview
- Documents reviewed by the Associated Press show federal officers are being pulled from a Louisiana crackdown and sent to Minneapolis.
- The Department of Homeland Security has characterized the Minnesota effort as its largest immigration enforcement operation, with more than 2,000 officers deployed.
- At least 100 additional Customs and Border Protection agents are slated to deploy to Minnesota for the weekend, according to documents reported by The New York Times.
- Some personnel are expected to travel from Chicago and New Orleans, and DHS plans to pause certain operations in Chicago to bolster the Minnesota surge, according to the same report.
- Protests intensified after an ICE agent fatally shot motorist Renee Nicole Good during an anti-ICE demonstration, as Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and other leaders were observed on the ground in Minneapolis.