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Federal authorities have launched what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever conducted in Minneapolis–St. Paul, deploying approximately 2,000 federal personnel in early January 2026. The operation involves officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, and other DHS components.
According to DHS, the operation is focused on enforcing federal immigration law and investigating related offenses, including alleged fraud, unlawful employment practices, and human smuggling. Federal officials claim that the surge follows ongoing investigations in Minnesota and is part of broader national enforcement efforts.
During the operation, a 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent on January 7, 2026. DHS said the agent acted in self-defense after the woman allegedly attempted to strike officers with a vehicle. The incident is under investigation.
Local officials have confirmed the shooting occurred during federal enforcement activity, while noting that they were not involved in the operation itself. The Minneapolis City Council identified the victim as Renee Nicole Good, continuing in a statement:
“Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government,” the city council said in a statement. NPR member station MPR News has reached out to a family member of the victim. The shooting occurred on a residential street in south Minneapolis — less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. ICE agents were conducting targeted immigration enforcement operations at the time.”
Video footage of the incident has circulated publicly and is being reviewed by investigators. DHS has stated that the immigration operation is ongoing and that additional arrests or enforcement actions may occur as investigations continue.
It’s always unfortunate when we hear stories about people dying, but what luck for Minnesota that this happened when it did! The incident occurred at the same time as the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on the multimillion-dollar pandemic fraud schemes in Minnesota. Watch that hearing here.
Minnesota lawmakers were called before Congress to answer questions about massive fraud, but you didn’t hear about that. Instead, all channels were flooded with outrage porn as a reportedly lesbian poet from Colorado who was “experiencing Minneapolis” reportedly hit a policeman with her car and was immediately shot dead. All the authorities are calling it a clean hit. All the protesters are screaming about fascism. It all feels very George Floyd all over again.
Of course there’s a Colorado connection. It’s a national test kitchen for lawless and otherwise terrible ideas. And, as this story proves, it’s not contained inside Colorado.
It spreads.
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