Operation Metro Surge, a Trump administration ICE enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, ran from December 2025 to March 2026 and deployed approximately 3,000 federal agents. The operation resulted in 3,700 to 4,000 arrests, with federal data showing 60-75 percent of those arrested had no criminal records. In January 2026, ICE agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens—Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both 37—during protests against the operation. The operation also resulted in approximately 1,700 deportations and the detention of more than 70 children, some as young as 2 years old. Victor Manuel Díaz, a Nicaraguan man, died at Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where most arrested immigrants were transferred; ICE attributed his death to suicide, though his family disputed the claim. Human Rights Watch documented racial profiling, harassment, and inhumane detention conditions. Following sustained community protests and criticism from state and local officials including Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, over 1,000 ICE agents were withdrawn beginning in February 2026, effectively ending the operation. Immigration judges ordered detention releases in a majority of cases after lawyers filed over 1,000 habeas corpus petitions.