Last night on Lake Street in Minneapolis where i'm told a couple of ICE agents or ICE contractors were eating at an Indian grill when they were recognized and then called for backup feeling uncomfortable. BORTAC, the Border Patrol high risk tactical unit showed up – walking around holding up canisters of tear gas in the air as whistles blew and horns honked.
This photo is part of the ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS series covering “Operation Metro Surge”. The operation, which began in late December 2025 and intensified in January 2026, has drawn widespread local and national attention amid protests and confrontations.
On January 7, 2026, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renée Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Portland Ave — a killing that sparked immediate large scale protests. Less than three weeks later, on January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and Minneapolis resident, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Nicollet Avenue. Between those incidents, federal agents also injured another man in North Minneapolis.
