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DHS has deployed approximately 2,000 agents to Minnesota, initiated targeted door-to-door investigations at suspected fraud locations, and conducted immigration enforcement operations resulting in over 1,000 arrests in recent weeks.
Multiple independent reports based on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials state that DHS has launched what it calls its largest immigration enforcement operation ever in Minnesota, with about 2,000 federal agents and officers deployed or expected in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. These accounts note that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents are going door-to-door in the Twin Cities investigating alleged fraud, human smuggling, and unlawful employment practices, while other ICE units conduct immigration arrests. A DHS press release and local reporting indicate that more than 1,000 people described by DHS as "illegal aliens" or criminal noncitizens have been arrested in Minnesota, including at least 150 arrests in Minneapolis on a single day, as part of this surge that began in early December 2025. Taken together, these sources support that roughly 2,000 DHS agents have been deployed to Minnesota, are conducting targeted door-to-door fraud-related investigations, and have arrested over 1,000 noncitizens over the past several weeks. The verdict is True because credible DHS statements and major news outlets consistently report a deployment of around 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota, confirm door-to-door fraud-focused HSI operations, and document more than 1,000 immigration-related arrests in the state in recent weeks.