Overview
- Operation Metro Surge remains active in Minnesota, with state estimates that 2,000 to 3,000 federal agents are deployed.
- U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, seeking a federal response and additional filings before ruling.
- In a statewide address, Gov. Tim Walz called the crackdown “a campaign of organized brutality,” demanded that ICE leave, and asked residents to record encounters to “bank evidence for future prosecution.”
- Tensions remain high after a federal agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good during an operation; DHS asserts self-defense and has released videos backing its account.
- Oversight of the shooting is contested, with the DOJ removing the state BCA from the joint probe and, according to reporting, several federal prosecutors resigning in protest, while local prosecutors say they will continue investigating.