Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a siege'. My reporting from there concurs

"The Department of Homeland Security's Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities far surpasses previous mobilizations. The government has assigned some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in what it is calling its largest enforcement operation to date. This show of force has an outsized impact in Minneapolis and St Paul, which have a population that is less than one-fifth that of Los Angeles."

"The tactics of the federal force, too, have grown more aggressive and indiscriminate. Armed officers have appeared at schools, daycares, churches and mosques. Masked agents are stopping residents at traffic lights, or on their walk to the grocery store, demanding at gunpoint that they prove their citizenship. The agents are targeting not only undocumented immigrants, but also those with legal immigration status and valid visas, US citizens and tribal citizens."

"I've been covering the administration's immigration policies since Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January last year. I was in Chicago in January last year, when the administration assigned hundreds of federal agents to conduct enhanced targeted operations in the city. I was in Los Angeles last summer, when agents began seizing workers at car washes and garment warehouses, grabbing bicyclists and raiding churches. Still, the operation in the Twin Cities felt like a marked escalation."

Operation Metro Surge deployed about 3,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities, marking the largest enforcement mobilization to date and creating an outsized impact given the region's smaller population. Federal officers now outnumber the Minneapolis police force by roughly five to one. Tactics include armed appearances at schools, daycares, churches and mosques, and masked agents stopping residents at traffic lights or on foot, demanding proof of citizenship at gunpoint. Enforcement actions have targeted undocumented immigrants as well as people with legal status, visa holders, US citizens and tribal citizens, and have affected local law enforcement.

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