Operation Metro Surge

Operation Metro Surge is a US federal immigration enforcement operation launched in December 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It produced more than 3,000 arrests and became the context for two civilian deaths: on 7 January 2026, Renée Good, 37, was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross; on 24 January, Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Affairs nurse, was shot and killed by two US Customs and Border Protection officers while protesting Good's death. Both killings occurred under the operation's authority. Minnesota and Hennepin County sued the Trump administration in late March for withholding evidence from the Pretti investigation.

The operation sits within the broader Trump administration post-2025 immigration enforcement surge, which expanded workplace raids, targeted sanctuary cities, and deployed federal agents into areas with explicit non-cooperation policies. Minneapolis operates under a sanctuary city framework, creating a direct confrontation between federal and municipal authority. Widespread warrantless-detention allegations emerged from Operation Metro Surge's early months.

The operation's intersection with the 2026 FIFA World Cup is direct: US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis hosts four group-stage matches. France's official travel advisory explicitly warns citizens to avoid Minneapolis city centre, citing protest violence involving ICE and security authorities — the first advisory to single out a 2026 World Cup host city by name. The operation is the specific enforcement environment that prompted UNITE HERE Local 11 and other unions to demand an ICE moratorium across all host cities.