Immigration & Public Safety

Surveillance and bystander videos of a Minneapolis ICE shooting show a Venezuelan man running, stumbling and trying to rise — not brandishing a gun when he was shot — while document comparisons and a federal judge’s order revealed that the St. Paul Nevada Avenue E raid lacked a valid state warrant, leading to the release of six detained family members after DHS failed to produce proper paperwork. Those discrepancies have unfolded amid Operation Metro Surge, which has generated hundreds of habeas petitions (many resulting in release or bond hearings), sharp political and legal pushback, and widespread fear that has crippled immigrant businesses — one Iranian‑owned market and taquería in south Minneapolis reports sales down 55–60% and has closed its taquería side.