| 2026-10-30 | DOJ's Minnesota enforcement release: 13 defendants, nearly $83 million in intended losses, Medicaid and SNAP
1 src Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-30 | Judge Orders ICE to Return Kenis Lopez Gonzalez From the Central African Republic
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-28 | Hennepin County Attorney Charges James O'Keefe and Cam Higby Over Polling-Place Videos
2 src James O'Keefe · Mary Moriarty | | reported |
| 2026-10-26 | Hermantown, Minn., Council Postpones Google Data Center Vote After Protest; Meeting Rescheduled for Oct. 30
1 src Google | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Associate AG Woodward Files Motions to Disqualify Judges Schiltz and Tunheim in Minnesota Cases Over Their New York Times Interviews
3 src Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Justice Department and White House Announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program (WHIP): Cash for Tips Before Conviction, With Trump Naming Himself Arbitrator
5 src Donald Trump · JD Vance · Todd Blanche · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | Judge Bryan Threatens ICE With Sanctions Over Release-Order Violation in Saltos Instant Re-Arrest Case in Minnesota
1 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | Sahan Journal: DHS Interim Rule Cuts Refugees' Window to Answer Termination Notices From 30 Days to 10; Minnesota Attorneys Say Response Is Now Impossible
1 src Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-14 | DHS Interim Final Rule Cuts Refugees' Response Period to a Termination Notice From Thirty to Ten Days, Effective on Publication, Without Prior Notice and Comment
3 src Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-02 | ICE Official Tells Attorney Whipple Re-Arrests Date to May as Cortez Is Released for Three Minutes
1 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-02 | Nine Somali Men, Three of Them Minnesotans, Deported From Guantanamo to Somalia
1 src ICE | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-30 | DOJ Files Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Minnesota Judges Schiltz and Tunheim Over New York Times Interviews, Asks for Their Recusal from DHS Cases
2 src Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Trent McCotter | | reported |
| 2026-09-29 | Minnesota Truth Council Concludes Public Testimony Phase on Operation Metro Surge
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-26 | DHS Posts That ICE 'Has Initiated a Nationwide Public Safety Surge in Sanctuary Cities' While Denying a Daily Wire Report That ICE Was Told to Stop Non-Criminal Arrests
7 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Tom Homan · Markwayne Mullin | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-25 | ICE Re-Arrests Alejandro in the Whipple Building After a Judge Ordered His Release on Sept. 22
2 src ICE | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-24 | Judge Bryan Rules a Step Outside Whipple Followed by Immediate Re-Arrest Is Not "Release," Orders Pablo F. Freed Unconditionally
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-18 | Judge Menendez Dismisses Tincher v. Mullin Observer-Rights Suit Without Prejudice for Lack of Standing After Operation Metro Surge Ends
1 src Markwayne Mullin · Tom Homan · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-09 | St. Paul Asylum Seeker With Work Permit and No Criminal Record Sent to Guantánamo's Camp Six
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-04 | ICE Officer Castro Charged With Six False-Statement Counts; Unsealed Indictment Says He Fired Through a Closing Door
4 src Christian Castro · Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-01 | Dakota County MN Commissioners Asked to Pledge Noncompliance With Federal Mail-Ballot Restrictions; Two of Seven Respond, No Vote Taken
1 src United States Postal Service | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-28 | Boelter Notifies Court He Will Argue the Hortman Killings Were a Justifiable Taking of Life in a Citizen's Arrest
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-28 | ICE Puts Twelve Somali Men on a Plane Told They Were Bound for Somalia; They Landed at Guantanamo Bay
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Independent Tracker Records the 5,000th ICE Detainee Flown Out of MSP Since November 2025
3 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Eastern Airlines | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-15 | DHS Surveilled at Least Five Midwest Churches While Under a Federal Injunction Barring It; Undercover Agent Dropped a Body Recorder on a Minneapolis Church Gym Floor
5 src Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations · Kevin Riach · Interfaith Alliance |
| confirmed |
| 2026-08-10 | Hennepin County Says It Denied a DOJ Request to Send Staff Into Polling Places for the Aug. 11 Primary; DOJ Monitors to Stay Outside a 100-Foot Boundary
2 src Hennepin County Attorney's Office · Mary Moriarty · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-07 | ICE Arrests 75+ U-Visa Crime Victims During Operation Metro Surge, Reversing Decades of Protection Policy
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-06 | Federal Authorities Threaten Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt With Prosecution Over ICE Detainer Refusal
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-04 | CoreCivic Signs $536M, 5-Year Contract to Reopen Appleton MN's Prairie Correctional as 1,600-Bed ICE Facility
4 src CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-04 | CoreCivic's SEC Filings Put the Appleton Prison Sale to DHS at About $495.6 Million
2 src CoreCivic · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | reported |
| 2026-08-03 | Kevin Ramirez Mancia, U-Visa Petitioner Held Four Months in Freeborn County Jail, Wins Federal Habeas Release
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-23 | HSI St. Paul's July 23 Report Lists Operation Puppet Box, a Minnesota Nonprofit Under Grand Jury Subpoenas to 10 Financial Institutions, and a Rapid Response Network Case Where HSI Says Undercover Agents Have Infiltrated
1 src Homeland Security Investigations · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Crow Wing County, MN: Residents Demand Termination of ICE/USMS Jail Agreement and Two 287(g) Pacts at June 23 Board Meeting
2 src U.S. Marshals Service · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · ACLU | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-11 | Vance Boelter Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to the Hortman Killings and the Hoffman Shootings
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-29 | ICE Agent Christian Castro Arrested in Texas on Hennepin County Warrant; DHS Calls It a 'Political Stunt'
2 src Christian Castro · Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Mary Moriarty · Keith Ellison · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-18 | Hennepin County Charges ICE Agent Christian Castro With Four Counts of Second-Degree Assault and False Reporting for the Sosa-Celis Shooting
3 src Christian Castro · Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Mary Moriarty · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-18 | Tunheim Cancels April Contempt Hearing at Parties' Request, Then Awards $17,505 in Fees and Notes Government Did Not Return All IDs; Sanctions Motion Withdrawn
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-16 | Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty Charges ICE Agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with Two Counts of Second-Degree Assault — First State Criminal Charge Against Federal Immigration Agent During Operation Metro Surge
4 src Mary Moriarty · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-14 | HSI Special Operations Group Surveils St. John's Church in St. Paul, Runs License-Plate Checks on Meeting Attendees' Vehicles
2 src Homeland Security Investigations · Katherine Wespetal · Hakan Catalan · Direct Action Minnesota | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-08 | ICE Data Reveals 1,300 'Collateral' Arrests During Operation Metro Surge -- 35% of All Minnesota Detentions
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-26 | Judge Brasel Grants Preliminary Injunction and Provisional Class for Minnesota Detainees; Keeps 72-Hour Transfer Hold; Government Appeals to Eighth Circuit
3 src The Advocates for Human Rights · L.H.M. · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-25 | Gov. Walz Signs Executive Order 26-05, Establishing the Minnesota Truth Council on Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS
3 src Tim Walz · The Advocates for Human Rights | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | Judge Tunheim Finds ICE Kept Released Petitioners' Property 'Without Any Lawful Basis,' Orders Fee-Free EAD Replacement and 30-Day Payment of Claims
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | Judge Provinzino Holds DOJ Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Civil Contempt, $500 a Day, Over ICE-Withheld IDs; Purged Next Day, Appeal Follows
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | US Attorney's Office Tells Judge Provinzino OPLA Lawyers Rotate Through Its Minnesota Office and Ten More Are Added to the Habeas Inbox
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-15 | HSI Deploys Four Undercover Agents Into a 200-Person 'Workers Assembly to Defeat ICE' at Minneapolis's United Labor Center
2 src Homeland Security Investigations · Jacob Marquis · Katherine Wespetal · Hakan Catalan |
| reported |
| 2026-02-13 | Court Dismisses Charges Against Sosa-Celis and Aljorna With Prejudice; DHS Says Two Officers' Sworn Testimony Appears Untruthful
4 src Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Tricia McLaughlin · Todd Lyons · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-12 | Homan Announces End to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
3 src Tom Homan · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Tim Walz · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-12 | Judge Brasel Grants TRO in Part: One Hour to Reach a Phone, a 72-Hour Bar on Out-of-State Transfer, Lawyer Visits at the Whipple Building
2 src The Advocates for Human Rights · L.H.M. · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-11 | HSI Opens Project Whipple Shield, Using Warrantless Administrative Summonses Under Customs Authority to Take Years of Union and Nonprofit Financial Records Under a 'Domestic Terrorist Financing' Theory
9 src Homeland Security Investigations · Department of Homeland Security · Service Employees International Union · Communications Workers of America · +4 | | reported |
| 2026-02-01 | HSI Undercover Agent Attends TCDA 'Art Club' Meeting at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Roseville; Debriefed With a Photo Array for Attendee Identification
2 src Homeland Security Investigations · Jacob Marquis · Katherine Wespetal · Hakan Catalan | | reported |
| 2026-01-27 | The Advocates for Human Rights and a Detained Woman File Class Action Over Access to Counsel at the Whipple Building
2 src The Advocates for Human Rights · L.H.M. · Kristi Noem · Todd Lyons · +5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-26 | GOP Candidate Chris Madel Quits Minnesota Governor Race, Calls Operation Metro Surge an 'Unmitigated Disaster'
5 src Jonathan Ross · Renee Good | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement
4 src Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-20 | Five Minnesota Physicians Hold Capitol Press Conference on ICE Surge's Health Toll, Flanked by Two Physician-Senators
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-14 | Federal Agents Tear-Gas Jackson Family Vehicle in North Minneapolis; Six-Month-Old Loses Consciousness, Hospitalized
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-14 | ICE Agent Shoots Julio Sosa-Celis in North Minneapolis; DHS Says the Officer Was Ambushed by Three; Sosa-Celis's Partner Says He Grabbed Nothing
3 src Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Christian Castro · Kristi Noem · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | Alberto Castaneda Mondragon Hospitalized at HCMC With Catastrophic Head Injury After ICE Arrest; Lawsuit Alleges Agents Beat Him
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | DHS Subpoenas I-9 Employment-Eligibility Records for 7,000+ Hennepin Healthcare Employees
3 src Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | FBI Revokes State Access to Evidence in Renee Good Shooting, Blocks Minnesota Investigation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · J.D. Vance · Jacob Frey | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-06 | DHS Deploys 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis in 'Largest Immigration Operation Ever'
3 src Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | DHS Announces Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Largest Immigration Enforcement Operation in U.S. History
6 src Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Customs and Border Protection (CBP) · Kristi Noem · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | ICE Escalates Operations Targeting Somali Immigrants in Minnesota Following Trump's Attacks on Community
7 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Tim Walz · Kristi Noem | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-14 | Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Husband Assassinated, Senator John Hoffman and Wife Wounded
4 src Tim Walz | | confirmed |
| 1985-08-17 | Hormel Strike Broken Through Permanent Replacement, Ending Pattern Bargaining in Meatpacking
3 src National Guard |
| confirmed |