Minnesota

Despite the cold, thousands of people turned out in downtown Minneapolis to protest the current immigration enforcement underway in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge. FOX 9’s Maury Glover recaps the event that ended at Target Center.

Warming shelters are stepping up to meet increased demand as the Twin Cities brace for a brutally cold weekend.

A federal judge is ordering ICE not to remove a detained Hopkins family out of the state. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni has the latest.

Federal authorities now have a deadline to release a 2-year-old after she was detained with her father during a traffic stop in Minneapolis. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni has the details.

Rallying to protest the presence of ICE operations in Minnesota, thousands attended a march on Friday that ended at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. FOX 9’s was live onsite.

Crowds of people march through downtown Minneapolis to demand ICE leave Minnesota. 

A large crowd of people marched to Target Center in Minneapolis on Friday as part of an ICE Out of Minnesota rally. 

Protesters gathered outside MSP Airport on Friday, Jan. 23, to protest ICE and the Metropolitan Airport Commission working with federal authorities on deportation flights.

Organizers of a statewide "Day of Action" across Minnesota are calling for no work, school or shopping to take a stand against ICE operations in the state.  A march and rally are planned in downtown Minneapolis on Friday afternoon.

Doctors, healthcare workers, and other union members rallied at Hennepin County Medical Center to demand that ICE be out of Minnesota hospitals, highlighting its impact on patient care. The rally coincides with the statewide day of action against ICE.

There are reports of arrests at MSP Airport on Friday, where anti-ICE protesters were demonstrating. Protesters were also given dispersal orders outside the Whipple Federal Building. This comes amid a surge of federal immigration officers in the Twin Cities. 

Ava, a resident physician in Minneapolis, is speaking out about the impact of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence at local hospitals. She reported that patients are “terrified” to come in for medical care.

The science behind the viral claim that it's cold enough for trees to explode in the Upper Midwest this weekend. 

FOX 9's Jared Piepenburg shares an update to the frigid Minnesota weather forecast for Jan. 23, 2026

At a news conference on Friday, Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Executive Assistant Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Marcos Charles discussed current operations. Bovino claimed false narratives in the media and said they're working to take people who are in the United States illegally off the streets. Charles said they're presenting the "real facts" and it's about "public safety, not politics." He listed off some recent arrests of people in the United States illegally.