Border Patrol & ICE Officials Detail Minneapolis Crackdown on Criminal Illegal Aliens

Operation Metro Surge Update

• 🎯 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations has arrested over 10,000 illegal aliens in Minnesota in the past year, with over 3,300 since Operation Metro Surge began on November 29th.
• ⚠️ The cost of Minnesota's sanctuary policies is highlighted as steep, with ICE focusing on removing criminal illegal aliens released from local jails and prisons.

Criminal Alien Cases Highlighted

• 🚨 Carlos Antonio Flores Miguel, an MS-13 gang member and registered sex offender with a final order of removal, was arrested after being deported four times and convicted of illegal entry twice.
• 🚨 Nelbert Joseph, a St. Lucian with 11 criminal convictions including larceny and stolen vehicle offenses, also had a final order of removal.
• 🚨 Ivan Rodriguez Lopez, a Cuban with a final order of removal from 2018, had convictions for assault, methamphetamine possession, theft, and burglary, along with child endangerment and DUI charges.
• 🚨 Yaoi, a Leoian, was convicted of second-degree murder.
• 🚨 Pedro Laguna Cruz, a Mexican, has multiple DUI convictions and a drug possession conviction.

Challenges and Calls to Action

• 🗣️ ICE is in Minnesota to pick up the slack from local leadership, urging Governor Walls and Mayor Fry to honor immigration detainers and work with ICE.
• 🏛️ The Department of Corrections honors detainers, but many counties do not, leading to the release of individuals ICE seeks to detain.
• 📢 A call is made for the governor to speak with counties to encourage them to honor detainers, as many sheriffs wish to cooperate.

Confrontations and Law Enforcement Climate

• 💥 Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino described a