Published TUESDAY January 20, 2026: 'ICE SURGE: A City On Edge' by ZUMA Press Photo-Journalist DAVE DECKER: A year into his second term, President Trump's pledge to stage the 'largest deportation operation in American history' targeting the more than 10 million unauthorized migrants living in the US has already made an indelible mark on the nation. Over 300,000 people have been deported, and a record 65,000 people are being held in detention centers. Meanwhile, data from Customs and Border Protection shows that unauthorized crossings at the southern border have plummeted. The focus of Operation Metro Surge, as the Trump administration has branded this latest immigration effort in the Twin City area, appears to have broadened beyond mass deportations and has included confrontations with anti-ICE protesters. The shooting of Renee Good and the scope of the deployment has heightened the tense mood in a nation already bitterly divided over immigration issues. Welcome to 'ICE SURGE: A City On Edge'
© zReportage.com Issue #1024 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY January 20, 2026: 'ICE SURGE: A City On Edge' by ZUMA Press Photo-Journalist DAVE DECKER: A year into his second term, President Trump's pledge to stage the 'largest deportation operation in American history' targeting the more than 10 million unauthorized migrants living in the US has already made an indelible mark on the nation. Over 300,000 people have been deported, and a record 65,000 people are being held in detention centers. Meanwhile, data from Customs and Border Protection shows that unauthorized crossings at the southern border have plummeted. The focus of Operation Metro Surge, as the Trump administration has branded this latest immigration effort in the Twin City area, appears to have broadened beyond mass deportations and has included confrontations with anti-ICE protesters. The shooting of Renee Good and the scope of the deployment has heightened the tense mood in a nation already bitterly divided over immigration issues. Welcome to 'ICE SURGE: A City On Edge'
A man scrubbed his eyes with snow and screamed for help as agents in an unmarked Jeep sprayed an orange irritant and drove away. ICE agents dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis. Gas clouds filled a street near where Renee Good was fatally shot in the head by an immigration agent last week.
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Teargas clouds filled a Minneapolis street as protestors clash with immigration agents over ICE detentions in the area. ICE agents dropped teargas and sprayed eye irritant at activists during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis. The woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 7, was identified by her mother as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
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Agents working on assignment for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detain an individual and prepare to transport him to processing facility. Immigration agents have carried out roughly 2,500 arrests in the Minneapolis area since the start of 'Operation Metro Surge,' according to the DHS.
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A sign reads 'Renee' signaling awareness of the killing of 'Renee Nicole Good' as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detains individuals and transports them to a deportation site. Days after 2,000 federal agents descended in Minnesota, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good, a U.S. citizen who was behind the wheel of her car.
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A protestor shouts at police and ICE agents in the immediate wake of reports citing the ICE involved shooting of Renee Good on the North Side of Minneapolis.
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In the early hours, one man with an umbrella stands amid clouds of tear gas on a Minneapolis street. Agents secured the perimeter in the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of the city. Agents fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs at protestors.
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Protesters gathered near the scene as fireworks were thrown toward police officers, and officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd. In the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis. Agents secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs.
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In the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis agents secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs.
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Protestors stand in defiance as immigration agents move forward in an attempt to clear the area. In the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis agents secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs.
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Protestors released fireworks in retaliation as agents secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs, in the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis.
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In the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis agents wearing gas masks secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs at protestors.
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In the immediate wake of reports citing an ICE involved shooting on the North Side of Minneapolis agents wearing gas masks secured a perimeter and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs at protestors.
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Pepper ball remnants stuck in the concrete as community members gathered at the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis to rally in solidarity with their neighbors whom are being detained by U.S. ICE agents.
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Police wearing helmets and gas masks create a formation to push back protestors as community members gather at the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building, an ICE holding facility in Minneapolis.
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A security formation forms to push back protestors as community members gather at the entrance of the Whipple Building in Minneapolis to rally in solidarity with their neighbors whom are being detained by ICE agents.
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Community members gather at the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis to rally in solidarity with their neighbors whom are being detained by U.S. ICE agents. An upside-down U.S. flag is traditionally a signal of extreme distress.
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Wrapped in a US flag, a community member stands in the snow as people gather at the entrance of the Whipple Building in Minneapolis to rally in solidarity with their neighbors whom are being detained by U.S. ICE agents.
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Counter protestors take to the streets as heavily armed Minneapolis Police break up an unlawful assembly of protestors. Pardoned January 6'er and pro-Trump, anti-Muslim influencer Jake Lang aroused a crowd of hundreds spreading a message targeting the Somali population of Minneapolis while expressing support for ICE agents.
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Protestors face off as pardoned January 6'er and pro-Trump influencer Jake Lang arouses a crowd of hundreds and spreads a message targeting the Somali population of Minneapolis while expressing support for ICE agents. The man on the right is an ally of right-wing, pro-Trump pardoned J6’er J. Lang, and on the left is an anti-ICE activist.
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Pardoned January 6'er and pro-Trump, anti-Muslim influencer JAKE LANG leaves the area after arousing a crowd of hundreds with a message targeting the Somali population of Minneapolis while expressing support for U.S. ICE agents.
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In the eastern St. Paul neighborhood known as Dayton Bluffs, ICE agents stage and wait in a vehicle as part of the targeted enforcement and door-to-door measures dubbed 'Operation Metro Surge' by the Department of Homeland Security.
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A banner hanging on an overpass reads 'End ICE' as Immigration And Customs Enforcement agents stage in vehicles as part of the targeted enforcement and door-to-door measures dubbed 'Operation Metro Surge' by the Department of Homeland Security.
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