Minn. police chief blasts ICE for civil‑rights abuses, even targeting off‑duty officers
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino speaks as Marcos Charles, ICE Acting Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, stands beside him during a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during an immigration raid, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis

In a stunning rebuke of federal immigration enforcement, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley and other Minneapolis‑area law enforcement leaders accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of widespread civil‑rights violations — including racially profiling citizens and even stopping off‑duty police officers of color, demanding proof of citizenship and drawing guns during routine encounters. Bruley said his department has seen “endless complaints” about these aggressive tactics amid the Trump administration’s massive Operation Metro Surge, which has already drawn protests over the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent and sparked calls for greater oversight and accountability of federal agents in Minnesota.

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Minn. police chief blasts ICE for civil‑rights abuses, even targeting off‑duty officers Minn. police chief blasts ICE for civil‑rights abuses, even targeting off‑duty officers

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