It's not entirely clear how many people who were purportedly "arrested" recently in Minnesota were actually turned over to ICE by the DOC.
>>>The DOC said it took the "unprecedented step" of sharing surveillance footage that reportedly showed the
transfer of two men into ICE custody.
This footage was taken on Jan. 12. The next day, the Department of Homeland Security shared a news release saying the two men, Meng Khong Yang and Joshua Fornoh, were
arrested during Operation Metro Surge.<<<(emphasis added)
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is mischaracterizing how local authorities respond to ICE detainers, sharing video that shows a coordinated transfer of an inmate into ICE custody.
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>>>Every few days since Operation Metro Surge began, DHS has released lists of people it says have been
arrested.
MPR News examined one of the lists shared by DHS officials on Monday, Jan. 12 and found that most of the people on the list
had been immediately transferred to ICE custody at the end of time served in Minnesota prisons.
All of those transfers happened before ICE began its surge of operations in Minnesota on Dec. 1, 2025, with some even happening years before.<<<(emphasis added)
It appears to me that the DHS statements linking these "arrests" to its recent surge are intended to convey the false impression that these people were: 1) loose on the streets, and: 2) DHS had round them up and arrest them. Neither of these are true for
many of those arrested.
Having said that, I have not found acccurate and complete information. It is entirely possible that quite a few criminals have been rounded up and arrested (not released to ICE by the prisons or jails).
