Trump administration escalates attack on Minnesota with more immigration agents

ICE agents detain an observer, who was later released, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 6 January 2026. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

The Trump administration has sent more immigration agents to Minnesota, part of escalating attacks and rhetoric against the state and its immigrant populations in what immigration officials are saying is the agency’s “largest operation to date”.

“A 100% chance of ICE in the Twin Cities — our largest operation to date,” the official Immigration and Customs Enforcement account on X wrote on Tuesday afternoon. “If you’re a criminal illegal alien and/or you are engaged in fraud, expect a visit from ICE.”