Minneapolis estimates Operation Metro Surge cost the city $700 million

Minneapolis estimates Operation Metro Surge cost the city $700 million
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From Minnesota Public Radio: "The city of Minneapolis estimates the federal immigration enforcement surge from December 2025 to April 2026 cost the city, residents and businesses $700 million." That figure includes losses in business revenue and wages for employees, and additional costs to the city, such as police overtime.

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The Conversation:  US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation

The Conversation: US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation

Karen Masterson in The Conversation (US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation) offers interesting historical background to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations: "[T]he

By Kevin R. Johnson