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At the beginning of December 2026: ICE announced an enforcement surge in the Twin Cities.

January 6, 2026: DHS announced what it called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out, sending 2,000 agents to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. 

January 7, 2026: ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shoots Renée Nicole Good

January 8–14, 2026: Protests, vigils, and marches continue in Minneapolis against ICE and Operation Metro Surge

January 13, 2026: ‘Madness’: two US citizens violently detained by ICE in Minnesota, officials say. Two Target employees forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lot

January 14, 2026: A different ICE agent shoots and injures a man in north Minneapolis; the man survives after being shot in the leg. This second shooting further intensifies public anger and calls for an end to the federal surge

January 17, 2026: National Anger Spills Into Target Stores, Again

January 22, 2026: Target Store Staff Are Skipping Work Over ICE's Crackdown in Minnesota

January 23, 2026: A statewide Day of Truth & Freedom / Minnesota general strike is held, described as the first U.S. general strike in about 80 years, explicitly targeting ICE operations and Operation Metro Surge. On that day, many workers, businesses, schools, and institutions in Minneapolis and across Minnesota participate in work stoppages, marches, and large rallies against federal immigration enforcement.

January 24, 2026: Federal Border Patrol agents assigned to the metro surge shoot and kill Alex Jeffrey Pretti

January 25, 2026: The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce released this letter on behalf of more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies today.

Eight people have died in dealings with ICE so far in 2026. Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos. The high-profile fatal shootings follow the deaths of at least 32 people in ICE custody in 2025 – the highest number since 2004.

Minnesota CEOs Seek De-Escalation After Border Police Shooting

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