Frey: ICE operation put $200M dent in Minneapolis' economy

[struggle4progress]

Kyle Brown & Richard Reeve KSTP
Updated: February 13, 2026 - 9:08 PM
Published: February 13, 2026 - 6:07 PM

The federal government says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is winding down its surge in Minnesota, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the operation’s harms will persist long after agents are gone.

In his first news conference since border czar Tom Homan announced an end to Operation Metro Surge and the withdrawal of some 2,000 federal immigration agents, Frey said the economic damage to Minneapolis in January alone topped $200 million ...

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/frey-ice-operation-put-200m-dent-in-minneapolis-economy/

[Ocelot II]

1. We are owed reparations for this disaster.

But I don't expect that will happen. Trump will make sure it doesn't.

[ret5hd]

2. i think that was the purpose.

nice town you got there…