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Twin Cities ICE Surge Draws Condemnations After U.S. Citizen Detained During Enforcement Campaign

Reports that U.S. citizens were held during ICE sweeps have prompted state and city demands for a DHS review.

Demonstrators rally outside a Target, which local officials have accused of allowing ICE officers to stage in their parking lots as the Trump administration has targeted the Somali immigrant community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 4, 2025.
MS NOW senior political and national reporter Jacob Soboroff, left, speaks with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
President Lyndon B Johnson addresses the crowds before the signing of the Immigration and Nationality Act at Liberty Island, New York, on October 3, 1965.
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters outside of the White House on October 6, 2025.

Overview

  • DHS says its ongoing Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis–St. Paul targets people with outstanding removal orders and criminal convictions.
  • A 20-year-old citizen named Mubashir says agents ignored his offer to show a passport, restrained him, transported him to a federal facility, and later released him.
  • Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey denounced the detention as unlawful, and Governor Tim Walz formally asked DHS to review ICE actions.
  • ICE agents deployed pepper spray after vehicles blocked them during identification checks in a predominantly Somali neighborhood, according to multiple reports.
  • DHS highlighted recent Somali arrests on a new website as the “worst of the worst,” while attorneys and community groups reported citizens being stopped and urged residents to carry proof of status.