Hegseth: We Negotiate With Bombs
“Instead of sharing information, federal authorities took sole possession of the collected evidence and denied Minnesota investigators access to key information,” the report said. trial bed. The state says this lack of cooperation violates its “responsibility to protect and combat violence within its borders, including by prosecuting homicides, attempted homicides and attacks.”
The three shootings were part of Operation Metro Surgethe destructive incursion of more than 3,000 armed federal immigration agents into Minnesota to arrest, detain and eliminate anyone who got in their way. The Department of Homeland Security said it had arrested more than 4,000 undocumented immigrants between December 2025 and February 2026, in what he called “the largest DHS operation ever.” It cost Minneapolis more than 200 million dollars for damages.
“The Surge created widespread fear among Minnesota residents, citizens and non-citizens. It caused hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage. And it flooded Minnesota’s federal courts with lawsuits challenging unlawful detentions resulting from the operation,” wrote the plaintiffs, including Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Prosecutor Mary Moriarty.
