Minnesota Timeline
2025
Federal agents arrest 14 people after raid at Bro-Tex Inc.
ICE arrests Metro Transit employee on his way to work. He is detained for over a month and then released without explanation.
ICE agents box in 31-year-old legal observer. Agents threaten to arrest her for "impeding officers".
ICE agents detain Augsburg student on campus. They refuse to present warrant to faculty when asked.
ICE agents box in 69-year-old and 67-year-old legal observers after they were observing ICE activity near Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary. One agent tells them "we have your license plate, we know where to find you".
Federal agents arrest 55-year-old legal observer and U.S. citizen, Sue Tincher.
ICE agents pepper spray legal observers and protestors as they drive away from the scene.
Plain-clothes agent gets into couple’s vehicle, after attempting to detain man. Fellow agents call 9-1-1 to report agent has been kidnapped.
ICE agents posing as coffee shop customers arrest employee after claiming to have hit a car in the parking lot to get him outside.
Christopher Collins, pastor at St. Peter Claver Church, is blocked from entering Whipple Federal Building to pray for a detained mother.
ICE agents violently detain U.S. citizen and take him to the Whipple Federal Building along with two others after they protested ICE presence and conduct.
Immigration authorities arrest Rosemount mother during green card interview.
ACLU files lawsuit against DHS accusing them of violating first and fourth amendment rights.
ICE agent accidentally fires gun in Eagan hotel room. The bullet goes through the wall and into the adjacent civilian occupied room.
Minnesota DVS issues warning to DHS for swapping license plates on unmarked vehicles.
ICE agents enter Hennepin County Medical Center without a warrant to guard and handcuff a man receiving medical care.
Gerardo Lunas Campos, from Rochester, dies at Camp East Montana, a Texas detention center, during altercation with guards. DHS says he tried to kill himself. Witness says guards handcuffed, tackled, and choked him. Medical examiner rules it a homicide.
2026
An estimated 2000 agents are sent to Minneapolis. DHS says they are here to investigate the allegations of fraud from Somali residents.
Luis Ramirez Orozco, a U.S. citizen, is handcuffed and then assaulted by ICE agents.
Border Patrol agents handcuff two Roosevelt High School staff members, tackle and release chemical irritants on bystanders during school dismissal.
ICE officer, Jonathan Ross, fatally shoots Renee Macklin Good in her vehicle.
Rev. Susie Hayward and Rev. Ashley Horan are shot with pepper rounds and pepper sprayed while protesting Renee Good's killing.
20-year-old U.S. citizen is assaulted by ICE agents and then detained for hours.
DHS issues subpoena to Hennepin Healthcare for their employment records after healthcare workers spoke against ICE presence without a warrant at their facilities.
Border agents detain two teenage Target drive-up workers who are U.S. citizens.
Alberto Castaneda Mondragon is hospitalized with catastrophic brain injuries after being arrested by ICE agents. Agents have handcuffed him while he is hospitalized. A judge has ordered his release from custody.
Department of Homeland Security launches Operation PARRIS targeting refugees in Minnesota who have not obtained permanent residency.
Reps. Kelly Morrison, Angie Craig, and Ilhan Omar are denied a tour of the Whipple Federal Building.
Border Patrol agents smash car windows and violently detain unconscious man at St. Paul Speedway. He is sent to Texas detention center. An observer is shoved, tackled to the ground, and detained.
Federal agents crash into woman’s car in St. Paul. She offers her ID, agents pin her to the ground, and arrest her.
Dennis Hernandez Ramirez, a Green Card holder, is assaulted and detained for hours by ICE agents.
ICE officers crash into Minneapolis man’s car to question his immigration status. Observers are hit with chemical irritants.
ICE agents break down Garrison Gibson’s door and enter home without judicial warrant to detain him. He is taken to Whipple Federal building and then transported to Texas, despite judge’s orders to not remove him from Minnesota.
Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, says hundreds more agents are being deployed to Minneapolis. An estimated 3000 agents are now in Minnesota.
ICE officers break windows of car and spray pepper spray at two legal observers. They are arrested on charges of obstruction and taken to the Whipple Federal building. One of the observers is offered money or legal protection for his family if he named fellow organizers or undocumented neighbors. They are both released after 8 hours. As they leave the detention center one of them is hit by chemical irritants.
ICE officials ram into special education paraprofessional’s car in school parking lot then hold her for 12 hours in detention center.
Border patrol agents hit legal observer’s car then break into it to pull him out. Multiple agents lay on top of him and beat him. Agents repeatedly knee him in the face as other agents hold him down. Witnesses are threatened with cans of chemical irritants.
4 members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are detained by federal agents and taken to detention center.
Trump Administration announces end of Temporary Protected Status program for Somalis.
Teenage refugee is arrested by federal agents on her way to school. After a judge orders she not be removed from Minnesota, agents hold her in a hotel room overnight.
Clergy are denied entrance to Whipple Federal Building. They were there to provide pastoral care to detainees.
ICE agents detain veteran for hours and deny him phone call. An attorney tries to speak to him at the Whipple Building but he is denied entry.
Masked agents drag woman from vehicle as she is driving to a doctor’s appointment. Bloodied bystander is also taken in unmarked vehicle. Federal agents use flash-bangs, tear gas, and pepper balls against protestors.
Minnesota Federal Prosecutors resign after Justice Department push them to investigate Renee Macklin Good’s widow.
Ramon Menera, a U.S. citizen, is handcuffed by ICE agents in his driveway. He is told he is being questioned because of his accent.
ICE agents gas vehicle with children, including 6-month-old baby, and parents driving home near a protest.
Victor Manuel Diaz, from Minneapolis, dies at Camp East Montana. ICE declare it a suicide.
U.S. citizen is violently detained despite presenting identification to ICE officials. She is detained for two days during which she suffered a seizure. While transporting her to a hospital is placed in arm and leg restraints.
ICE officer shoots Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg after chasing him home in North Minneapolis. Officer says Julio and two other men attacked him with a shovel and broomstick. The men are arrested.
ICE agents eat lunch at Willmar Mexican Restaurant then arrest employees that night.
Local union says multiple MSP Airport employees have been arrested by federal agents while on the job.
Minneapolis City Council president, Elliot Payne, assaulted by ICE while legally observing operations.
Federal agents raid home in St. Paul and detain 6 people including a 12-year-old child. Agents claim to have a warrant but do not show it. The detainees are transported to various detention centers in Texas. The child is denied access to his inhaler. A judge orders their release after no warrant is produced.
Indriany Mendoza Camacho and Valentina de Los Angeles Moreno, partners of the men accused of attacking ICE agents before Jan. 14 shooting are sent to Texas detention center. Their toddlers are placed with family members. The former is released almost two weeks later. The latter remains in Texas.
Garrison Gibson is detained again for hours after agents received direct order from Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller. Agents assault observers and mace elderly neighbor.
ICE agents go to Mischief Toy Store and ask for I-9 documentation hours after ABC airs news segment on the store’s efforts to arm their community with whistles.
U.S. Department of Justice issues subpoenas to Governor Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey in criminal investigation to determine if they have impeded federal immigration enforcement.
Federal judge rules DHS and ICE agents cannot retaliate against peaceful protestors or legal observers.
St. Paul city employee is detained by ICE and sent to Texas detention center.
Protest at Cities Church after one of their pastors, David Easterwood, is discovered to be the acting field office director for ICE. Department of Justice launches investigation against protesters. Vice President Vance threatens protesters with prison time.
ICE agents arrest employee of hotel where they are staying. He is transported to Camp East Montana in Texas despite court order he not be removed from Minnesota.
ICE detains 4 children, including 5 year old boy, from Columbia Heights Public Schools. The 5-year-old is used as bait to detain father as well. All are sent to Texas detention center.
Local law enforcement officials voice concerns over immigration agents’ behavior. Chief of Brooklyn Park Police, Hennepin County Sheriff, and St. Paul Police Chief say multiple off-duty officers of color have been stopped by immigration agents.
DOJ issues subpoenas to St. Paul Mayor Her, Minnesota Attorney General Ellison, and Hennepin County Attorney Moriarty in investigation against Governor Walz and Mayor Frey.
ICE detains legal resident whose criminal convictions were pardoned by the state the day before.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit pauses order limiting immigration officer’s aggressive tactics.
Border Patrol Commander, Gregory Bovino, deploys smoke and chemicals against protestors and observers. A mile away agents hold down a person and spray orange chemical irritants into their face. After agents disperse, observers find a loaded rifle magazine in the snow that an agent dropped and left behind.
ICE agents handcuff and arrest 20-year-old refugee with legal status while returning home in front of his family.
3 Cities Church protesters arrested. One protester, Nekima Levy Armstrong, tries to turn herself in but is told by federal officials they want her in handcuffs. An altered image of her sobbing while being arrested is circulated by the White House.
2-year-old and her father, with open asylum cases, are detained in their driveway after going grocery shopping. A judge order’s the child’s immediate release but she and her father are sent to Texas detention center. Chemical irritants are used on observers. The toddler is returned to her mother the following day.
ICE agents detain first grader and middle schooler along with their family.
Police arrest 100 clergy members at MSP airport who were protesting against deportation flights.
Federal agents use tear gas on protesters outside the Whipple Building. One person is arrested.
Federal officers fatally shoot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis after he tries to help another person who was shoved by ICE officials. DHS claim Pretti approached ICE agents with a gun. Bystanders are hit with tear gas, flash bangs, and pepper spray.
Nur-D, local rap and hip-hop artist, is violently detained by federal agents during a protest where Alex Pretti was shot and killed.
Jana Shortal, reporter for KARE 11, is pepper sprayed by federal agents while reporting on Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting.
Governor Walz activates the National Guard. They are sent to the shooting site and Whipple Federal Building to assist with crowd control.
Two women charged for biting federal agents fingers as they tackled and restrained them during protests.
ICE agents detain 16-year-old, label him an unaccompanied minor, send him to Christian youth shelter in Michigan, then are unable to locate him when his family asks for him. A lawyer and investigator are able to locate him weeks later. He is now back in Minnesota with his family.
Immigration agents in unmarked vehicles patrol Minneapolis neighborhood.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth approves CBP’s request to use Fort Snelling to house immigration agents, weapons, vehicles, and aircrafts.
Commander Greg Bovino leaves Minnesota and “Border Czar” Tom Homan arrives as public face of Operation Metro Surge.
Immigration agents are seen circling elementary school in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan schools district.
CBP employee, Alfredo Mancillas Jr, charged with drunk driving after Minnesota State Patrol trooper finds him passed out in his car covered in vomit.
Protesters arrested by Maple Grove Police Department outside ICE agents’ hotel . Protestors are shoved, tackled, and hit with tear gas and pepper balls. An agent moons and flips off protesters from inside the hotel.
Immigration agents handcuff and detain food shelf volunteer in parking lot of Hallie Q. Brown Community Center.
Second St. Paul Department of Public Works employee is detained and removed from Minnesota.
ICE agents violently arrest U.S. citizen in St. Peter while she is observing their activities in her community. En route to the detention center she is released to the St. Peter Police Chief after he intervenes. DHS later call her an agitator and do not explain why she was released to the police chief.
Federal Judge says ICE has violated almost 100 orders in the month of January.
ICE agents detain two more Columbia Heights students along with their mother.
FBI arrests journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering Jan. 18 church protest. They are released later that day.
ICE agents follow Fridley superintendent on her way to work and again after work. ICE agents also follow other board members home or have ICE outside of their home.
Border Patrol officer confronts activist and demands she stop following them.
Federal Judge denies request from State of Minnesota for a temporary restraining order to stop Operation Metro Surge.
Federal agents deploy chemical irritants against observers at Powderhorn Park. One person is arrested.
8 additional lawyers resign from the Minnesota U.S. Attorneys Office.
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems staff members are blocked in by ICE agents outside the restaurant. They take one employee from the vehicle and are told by agents that if his documentation checks out he will be released. Staff try to deliver his medication to the detention center the next morning only to be told he has been transported to Texas.
10-year-old girl and her mother are set to be released after month long detention.
Victims of ICE brutality, including Renee Good’s brothers, speak at congressional forum.
Duluth Public Schools and Fridley Public Schools file suit to restore schools as protected areas from immigration enforcement.
ICE agents disguise themselves as electrical company to watch U.S. citizen at his restaurant. They had beat and detained him in early January.
Immigration authorities arrest kidney recipient as he delivers groceries for a mutual aid group. He is sent to a Texas detention center. During his detainment he is denied his medication and later given the incorrect regimen. After being detained for two weeks Javier Abreu-Vasquez is back in Minnesota.
Federal agents break glass doors to enter apartment building in Minneapolis.
Kyle Wagner, activist, arrested and charged with cyberstalking and threatening ICE officers.
ICE barred from conducting operations or staging on St. Paul city property.
Plainclothes federal agents detain two people at Hennepin County Government Center in front of sheriff’s deputies.
Federal agents violently arrest father then pepper spray and tackle teenage relatives who were observing in Bloomington.
Minnesota Star Tribune investigates ICE license plate tactics. They find that ICE is using vehicles with no plates, expired tabs from different vehicles, not registered with the state, or the plates are registered to a nonexistent business.
DHS says reports of poor conditions at detention centers are false.
Local police arrest 42 people after unlawful assembly is declared at Whipple Federal Building. Protesters had shown up to counter appearance of Jan 6 rioter Jake Lang.
ICE agents go door-to-door in Bloomington. At one home an agent is seen trying to look into the home through the window.
ICE agents circle Northeast Minneapolis school during dismissals. One observer is lead back to their home by ICE agents.
Federal judge orders release of Rigoberto Soto Jimenez in Minnesota. He has been detained since January 14. DHS releases him ahead of the deadline but in Texas and without his identification documents.
Federal agents smash car window and pull man out before arresting him.
Plainclothes agents arrest man at Hennepin County Government Center.
Department of Defense employee who does background checks on potential HSI, FBI, and ICE agents arrested in sex trafficking sting in Bloomington.
ICE agents pursue driver in high speed car chase that ends in a multi-car crash in St. Paul.
Border Czar Tom Homan says surge operation will conclude. He says a small group of agents will stay to close out operations. He will remain in Minnesota to oversee the drawdown. He declares operation a success.
ICE takes man from his vehicle in Minneapolis less than two hours after Homan said ICE surge would conclude. He is released later that afternoon.
Charges against Julio Cesar Solis-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna are dropped. Federal agents had claimed the men had attacked them and shot Julio in the leg. ICE has stated that the agents involved may have made "untruthful statements" in sworn testimony regarding the shooting.
Judge orders release of man detained at Hennepin County Government Center on Feb. 10.
DHS will not allow members of Congress to visit ICE detention centers during partial government shutdown.
Georgia Fort, independent journalist who covered Cities Church protest, pleads not guilty.
DHS vehicle involved in car crash with civilian vehicle in Mankato. Medical transportation was declined by all occupants.
ICE agents attempt to arrest congressional candidate Matt Little while he is legally observing immigration enforcement.
Federal judge issues contempt ruling and $500 a day fine until DHS returns Rigoberto Soto Jimenez' identification documents. The contempt finding was lifted two days later after DHS returned the documents. No fines were issued.
St. Paul passes ordinance banning law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings while on the job and requiring name badges.
Federal agents expand activity in the suburbs despite announcement of drawdown.
U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig visit Whipple Federal Building and find no detainees. Their visit had to be scheduled a week ahead of time due to a new Trump administration policy.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar will bring four Minnesotans impacted by ICE as her guests to the State of the Union address. They are Aliya Rahman, Mary Granlund, Mubashir Hussen, and Gerardo Orozco Guzman.
Federal Judge finds DHS in civil contempt after they transferred a detainee to Texas detention center despite court order forbidding them from moving him. The federal government has been ordered to compensate the detainee for his return flight to Minnesota.
Minnesota clergy file federal lawsuit against DHS & Trump administration after being denied entry to Whipple Federal Building multiple times to provide pastoral care to detainees.
Capitol police arrest and injure Aliya Rahman State of the Union address for standing up. She was present at the speech as one of Rep. Ilhan Omar's guests. Aliya was pulled out of her vehicle last January by ICE agents. Capitol police released her around 4a.m.
ICE whistle blower, Ryan Schwank, speaks out on dismantling of training program during hiring surge. Internal documents show that training went from 72 to 42 days. One of the courses dropped was use-of-force.
Court filings reveal an estimated 4000 agents were assigned to Operation Metro Surge at its peak. 270 Enforcements and Removal officers, 700 Homeland Security agents remain in Minnesota.
ICE agents send man experiencing psychiatric emergency to Texas detention center. He was arrested in February and had been receiving care at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital.
Federal judge extends order protecting refugees from arrest and deportation.
Hennepin County deputy drags and slams protestor at Whipple Federal Building after dispersal orders are issued. The deputy is now under an internal investigation. 38 people are cited and 1 is arrested.
Hennepin County Attorney's Office launches portal for people to submit evidence unlawful conduct by federal agents. 17 incidents are currently being investigated.
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