Overview
- DHS continues Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota and publicizes arrests it labels the 'worst of the worst,' including a murder convict and a man with 24 prior convictions.
- The department urges state and local leaders to honor ICE detainers, citing its claim that nearly 470 criminal noncitizens were previously released and that about 1,360 are currently in custody.
- The Minnesota Department of Corrections counters that its prisons hold roughly 8,000 people, only 207 are non‑U.S. citizens, and that 84 2025 releases with ICE detainers were coordinated with federal pickup upon request.
- DOC says DHS is conflating state prisons with county jails and ICE custody, noting the state has no jurisdiction over local jails where policies vary.
- Hennepin County maintains it does not comply with civil ICE requests, and last year the state attorney general issued an opinion that Minnesota law bars holding people solely on immigration detainers.