Minnesota on Edge: 3,000 ICE Arrests and Walz Subpoena Ignites Political Explosion
Chaos at Dawn: Massive ICE Operation, Fentanyl Crackdown, and Governor’s Subpoena Shake Minnesota
The sun had barely begun its climb over the Minneapolis skyline when news alerts exploded across every device in Minnesota.
First came the blaring notifications: thousands detained.
Then came the bombshell — ICE agents had allegedly arrested 3,000 people in what federal officials were calling a major fentanyl enforcement sweep, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had been subpoenaed by the Justice Department for alleged obstruction.
Chaos didn’t describe it.This was tectonic.
Federal law enforcement sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, described a weeklong operation in the Twin Cities region that marked an unprecedented escalation in immigration and drug enforcement.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, backed by Homeland Security investigators, border patrol units, and tactical support from multiple federal agencies, had pushed deep into neighborhoods, warehouses, apartments, and street corners — targeting what they claimed was a traffickers’ nexus of fentanyl distribution tied to cross-border smuggling.
Amid the operation, they allegedly apprehended some 3,000 individuals suspected of drug distribution, immigration violations, or aiding and abetting criminal trafficking networks.
Local officials described scenes of federal tactical vehicles parked at street intersections, agents with rifles slung over their shoulders approaching homes door to door, and frightened residents — both documented and undocumented — dragging children behind them as bright lights pierced the night air.
