Thirteen months into President Trump’s second term, his administration reports over 700,000 deportations—plus 2.2 million self-deportations. A major flashpoint: Minnesota, with 133,000 illegal immigrants on ICE’s dockets. Counties were releasing accused criminals into the community without notifying ICE. Operation Metro Surge was a 74-day sweep with up to 3,000 agents targeting the “worst of the worst” but also sweeping up many nonviolent illegal immigrants. That sparked massive protests, some violent drew agitators and resulted in two deadly shootings. We were on the ground in Minneapolis during the final days of Metro Surge. Today: inside the largest, most controversial illegal immigration crackdown in U.S. history.
The following is a transcript of a report from “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.”Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the page.
A bone-chilling 5 a.m. rollout in St. Paul, Minnesota
Richard Tine/ICE Agent: So we already have two units already positioned out near the first target.
We’re embedded with a team of federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement—ICE during the final days of Operation Metro Surge.
Tine: So a lot of what you’re gonna see out here right now with some of these targets is that they’re gonna be, we’ll make observations of them entering their vehicles, exiting their homes, things like that, and then we’ll initiate a vehicle stop.
Their target: an illegal immigrant previously arrested for DUI. Local law enforcement released him without notifying ICE, who would have deported him. Now, agents are trying to nab him in the neighborhood where he lives.
Sharyl: What do we have going on here?
Tine: When they initiated the traffic stop, vehicle stop, they determined that this person was not the original target, but they were in immigration proceedings. But they’re gonna now check them and see if there’s anything additional as far as criminal history and things like that.
As the ICE agents worked, protesters were on their heels, converging at ICE headquarters, tracking and following ICE vehicles, coordinating by phone, and blowing a whistle, potentially warning alleged criminal illegal immigrants.
Source: Sharyl Attkisson
