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Measuring the Economic Damage of Minnesota’s ICE Surge Is Hard

Operation Metro Surge led to over 4,000 arrests, but local groups in Fargo-Moorhead now provide food, rides, and legal help to immigrants facing fear and economic hardship.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million in lost wages in the Twin Cities — are based on limited data and a healthy dose of back-of-the-envelope calculations. Anecdotal evidence from Minnesota businesses struggling from dramatic revenue losses and immigrants sheltering at home and losing wages is abundant, but th…

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It is difficult to calculate the economic damage caused by the wave of ICE in Minnesota The first estimates are based on limited data and approximate calculations By: Alyssa Chen-MN Reformer Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million in lost wages in Twin Cities — are based on limited data and a good dose of approximate calculations.

·Minneapolis, United States
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Activist Post broke the news in on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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