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@steves-mn.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:28 AM

#TheyreHere #OperationMetroSurge #Minneapolis #Documentary #VeniceFilmFestival #LauraPoitras #Minnesota #ICE #CivicLife

@robertcfried.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:27 PM

#ICE #ImmigrationRaids #EconomicImpact #LocalEconomies #SmallBusinesses #ImmigrantOwnedBusinesses #Minneapolis #Minnesota #LakeStreet #OperationMetroSurge #MassDeportations #ImmigrantCommunities #StandWithImmigrants #SupportSmallBusinesses #CommunitySolidarity

ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 30: Protestors march during a "Nationwide Shutdown" demonstration against ICE enforcement on January 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests continue calling for an end to immigration raids in the Twin Cities which have already resulted in the deaths of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a VA medical center who died January 24, after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents, and Renee Good a 37-year-old mother of three children
Protestors march during a “Nationwide Shutdown” demonstration against ICE enforcement on Jan. 30, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Stephen Maturen | Getty Images

MINNEAPOLIS — Operation Metro Surge has been over for months. The same can’t be said for the crisis facing Daniel Hernandez’s Colonial Market grocery stores.

After Hernandez’s parking lot became a well-known hangout spot for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the lines that Hernandez grew accustomed to seeing each morning at his stores disappeared. The rebound in traffic Hernandez hoped to see after the end of the surge never materialized.

“We’re barely — literally barely — surviving,” Hernandez told CNBC in an interview inside one of his stores, where Spanish-language music played through speakers and piñatas dangled from the ceiling. “The damage has been done.”

Daniel Hernandez inside Colonial Market, his Minneapolis grocery store.

Alex Harring | CNBC

This summer, Hernandez shuttered Colonial Market’s location on Lake Street, the heart of Minneapolis’ Hispanic business community. Hernandez had spent savings and borrowed money against his house to open the store two years prior. He said sales at his stores have declined by roughly 60%.

The financial turmoil facing Hernandez and others in Minneapolis is being experienced, to varying degrees, in communities across the country. As President Donald Trump has directed federal immigration o…

@freeamericafromopp.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:45 PM

Operation Metro Surge was engineered to be loud, visible, and political—and it left two U.S. citizens dead. The fallout isn’t just legal; it’s moral. A nation is forced to confront what happens when power is used without restraint.
#OperationMetroSurge, #ReneeGood, #AlexPretti, #CivilRights,

@heyday.news Oct 2, 2026, 11:00 AM

Renee Good’s family filed two federal lawsuits in Minnesota on October 1 over her fatal shooting by immigration officer Jonathan Ross. One seeks damages from the United States; the other alleges a civil-rights conspiracy involving agents and senior officials.

#ReneeGood #OperationMetroSurge

@minneapolimedia.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 PM

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA EDITORIAL | 29 Minnesota schools lost about 1,700 students during and after Operation Metro Surge, compared with fewer than 80 a year earlier. Where did those children go?

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#MinneapoliMedia #ThursdayEditorial #OperationMetroSurge #MNEducation