Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a Fort Snelling news conference highlighting ICE operations and said Minnesota will receive dozens of additional federal agents funded by a recent congressional expansion.
- Noem cited 515,000 arrests and deportations nationwide since January and said 70% of those deported had pending or criminal charges, speaking before a display of seized guns and drugs tied to the St. Paul field office.
- Hundreds protested outside the Whipple Building on Friday, and organizers staged a separate No Trump No Troops rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday.
- Pressed on potential National Guard or federal force deployments to the Twin Cities, Noem said the decision rests with the president while noting more federal officers are coming to the region.
- The DOJ lawsuit targeting Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul over sanctuary-related policies remains active as state and local officials vow to defend their ordinances, with reports of talks to reopen Appleton’s private prison as an ICE detention site still developing.