RAW CLIP — Minnesota Reformer: More Than 3,700 Arrested in Metro Surge Per New Data — fetched 2026-06-07
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/31/3700-immigrants-arrested-during-operation-metro-surge/
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Source: Minnesota Reformer By Madison McVan & Alyssa Chen Published: 2026-03-31
KEY FACTS:
- More than 3,700 people arrested during Operation Metro Surge.
- Data obtained via Freedom of Information Act request, released through the Deportation Data Project. The dataset contains no names, but includes age, nationality, date, and location of each arrest.
- Less than one-quarter of those arrested had been convicted of a crime.
- 13% had pending criminal charges.
- LOAD-BEARING DEFINITION: ICE’s definition of a “crime” includes misdemeanors, such as unauthorized entry into the country or traffic violations. (So the “convicted of a crime” denominator is not a “serious crime” denominator.)
- The data does NOT include arrests of U.S. citizens. The article cites a 2021 GAO audit finding that ICE does not systematically track its arrests of U.S. citizens.
- Majority of arrestees came from Ecuador and Mexico.
- People from Somalia made up less than 3% of arrests.
- About 15% of the records were missing the arrest state/location.
VERBATIM QUOTES:
“[ICE’s] definition of a crime includes misdemeanors, such as unauthorized entry into the country or traffic violations.”
“The data also doesn’t include arrests of U.S. citizens.”