Minnesota ICE Surge Disputes

At a Minnesota event Vice President JD Vance said the state Department of Corrections was not among the “worst offenders” in cooperating with ICE, and DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell confirmed the agency routinely coordinates with ICE weeks before inmates’ release to arrange custody transfers. ICE deportation branch head Marcus Charles likewise acknowledged that Minnesota DOC notifies ICE of soon-to-be-released undocumented prisoners, while blaming county jails for often failing to honor ICE detainers.