Overview
- ICE’s Operation Metro Surge is active in Minneapolis–St. Paul, deploying about 100 agents to locate Somali nationals with final deportation orders.
- On CNN, Tom Homan said agents use reasonable-suspicion stops rather than appearance-based questioning and referenced the Court’s September 6–3 stay as support.
- He said U.S. citizens may be briefly detained if there is reasonable suspicion but should be released once officers confirm their status.
- Homan reported a steep rise in risks to agents, while DHS in October detailed a surge in doxxing and death threats directed at ICE personnel.
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized the federal surge as a “PR stunt,” as prosecutors continue fraud cases tied to Somali communities with roughly 86 charged and about 59 convictions reported.