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DHS reports more than 10,000 arrests of criminal noncitizens in Minnesota since Trump took office

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Official DHS arrest records for Minnesota since President Trump's inauguration show a total exceeding 10,000 arrests of criminal noncitizens.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that law enforcement officers arrested multiple people in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge on Jan. 19, 2026, and highlighted individuals charged with or convicted of offenses including child molestation, rape, assault, terroristic threats and domestic violence. DHS quoted Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin criticizing local "sanctuary" policies and said the agency has arrested more than 10,000 "criminal illegal aliens" in Minnesota since President Trump took office. The release named several arrestees and listed their countries of origin and alleged or convicted offenses.
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Unable to access ICE ERO dashboards or local-state arrest breakdowns in a machine-readable form to verify Minnesota-level totals since Jan 20, 2017. The DHS press release (DHS.gov, Jan 20, 2026) does include the quoted sentence, but primary ICE arrest datasets required to confirm the 10,000+ figure were not retrievable within this run. Retry after dashboards and downloadable local statistics are accessible.

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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Jan 23, 2026overdue
  2. Completion due · Jan 23, 2026
  3. Update · Jan 21, 2026, 04:50 AMTech Error
    Unable to access ICE ERO dashboards or local-state arrest breakdowns in a machine-readable form to verify Minnesota-level totals since Jan 20, 2017. The DHS press release (DHS.gov, Jan 20, 2026) does include the quoted sentence, but primary ICE arrest datasets required to confirm the 10,000+ figure were not retrievable within this run. Retry after dashboards and downloadable local statistics are accessible.
  4. Original article · Jan 20, 2026
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