Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security sent about 3,000 immigration agents to Minneapolis in January 2026 in Operation Metro Surge, and two civilians were killed during the deployment on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24.
- Prosecutors and a Homeland Security Investigations agent warned before the operation that moving Border Patrol into city raids was dangerous and said, 'Someone's going to get killed,' a prediction later echoed by events on the ground.
- Federal prosecutors say many on-scene agents gave false or misleading accounts when evidence was later examined, and senior DOJ officials pushed to reframe the investigation of Renee Good as a 'domestic terrorist' case.
- Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino used aggressive, militaristic language on a conference call where he spoke of 'pacify[ing]' the city and mockingly called the U.S. attorney one of the 'chosen people,' a remark he says was not antisemitic.
- The Alex Pretti shooting remains under a joint DHS–FBI review with no federal charges months later, local officials have sued for and obtained more federal evidence, and the disclosures have intensified scrutiny of federal tactics and accountability.