How Minnesota commissioner exposed ICE 'propaganda'

A new series from FOX 9 Documentaries details the Trump Administration's immigration operations in Chicago and Minneapolis that resulted in constitutional challenges, violent tactics and deadly shootings.

How Minnesota commissioner exposed ICE 'propaganda'
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The Trump Administration continues to claim U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are targeting the "worst of the worst" offenders during ongoing immigration enforcement operations across the country. The documentary series "Thin I.C.E." details one state official's efforts to expose what he called "propaganda" from the federal government.

ICE surge documentary series premieres Wednesday, Nov. 4: How to watch

A new series from FOX 9 Documentaries details the Trump Administration's immigration operations in Chicago and Minneapolis that resulted in constitutional challenges, violent tactics and deadly shootings.

'Worst of the worst' | Thin I.C.E. Part I
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"Thin I.C.E." is a new documentary series detailing the Trump Administration's immigration operations in Chicago and Minneapolis that resulted in constitutional challenges, violent tactics and deadly shootings. The three-part series includes nearly three dozen interviews with immigrants, ICE observers, immigration attorneys, former DOJ officials and a sitting federal judge.   Part I: “Worst of the worst” unpacks the Trump Administration’s claims that it targeted violent criminals during the surge. 

ICE surprised by organized observers during enforcement operations
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Constitutional observers who used whistles and encrypted Signal chats to monitor federal agents have been threatened, arrested and criminally charged.

Minnesota schools targeted by ICE are still struggling

School districts across the metro are still grappling with the Trump Administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement months after federal agents targeted students, bus stops and school parking lots during Operation Metro Surge.

How ICE enforcement operations impacted Minnesota schools, students
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School districts in Minnesota continue to feel the impact of the Trump Administration's immigration enforcement operations. FOX 9 Investigator Nathan O'Neal has more.

Thin I.C.E. documentary [TRAILER]
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"Thin I.C.E." is a three-part documentary series that details the Trump Administration’s immigration operations in Chicago and Minneapolis which included constitutional challenges, violent tactics and deadly shootings.

Minnesota Monster: The Teacher Who Abused 100+ Kids
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A new true crime documentary “Minnesota Monster” chronicles the story of a Twin Cities teacher and coach who sexually abused more than 120 young boys over the course of more than a decade.  The documentary features key evidence and interviews with victims, families and prosecutors which reveal Aaron Hjermstad’s path of abuse, the institutional failures that allowed him to go undetected for years, and never-before-seen video of the Idaho traffic stop that cracked the case open.

Minnesota Monster: Teacher turned predator targeted more than 120 young boys

The FOX 9 documentary “Minnesota Monster" chronicles the story of a Twin Cities teacher and coach who sexually abused more than 120 young boys, the institutional failures that allowed him to go undetected for years, and never-before-seen video of the routine traffic stop that cracked the case wide open.

Minnesota teacher was serial child predator, but evaded accountability for years

A new documentary will reveal how a former Twin Cities teacher and coach sexually abused dozens of young boys and avoided full accountability for more than a decade.

Serial child predator evaded accountability for years
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A former Twin Cities teacher and coach sexually abused dozens of young boys and avoided full accountability for more than a decade. While Aaron Hjermstad was convicted in 2021 and again in 2025 for sexually abusing young children, prosecutors initially declined to file charges after the first known victim stepped forward in 2015.

BCA agent details overwhelming evidence against serial child predator

The special agent who led the investigation into Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child predator describes the “calculated" and “planned out" crimes in a new FOX 9 documentary.

Catching a ‘prolific’ child predator
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The special agent who led the investigation into Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child predator describes former Minnesota teacher and basketball coach Aaron Hjermstad's  “calculated” and “planned out” crimes. 

‘My life is over’: Traffic stop reveals ‘most prolific’ child predator cases

Police video obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators reveals the traffic stop that led to the criminal investigation of Aaron Hjermstad for sexually abusing more than 120 children.

Traffic stop reveals Minnesota teacher's crimes against 120+ children
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Police video obtained by the FOX 9 Investigators reveals the traffic stop that led to the criminal investigation of former Twin Cities teacher and basketball coach Aaron Hjermstad for sexually abusing more than 120 children.