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ICE Labeled 1,300 Arrests During Operation Metro Surge as 'Collateral'

April 8, 2026 Minnesota Reformer
An investigation reveals that ICE classified 1,300 arrests during Operation Metro Surge as "collateral" — people not originally targeted who were swept up during enforcement operations aimed at others. The report details how plainclothes agents followed and detained bystanders in public places, including a 52-year-old man from Ecuador pulled over in an elementary school parking lot.