Minnesota’s Attorney General Isn’t Backing Down
From Reveal by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX
April 8, 2026 · 30 min
About this episode
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison discusses the aftermath of ICE raids in Minneapolis and the ongoing challenges faced by immigrant communities.
More To The Story : Earlier this year, parts of Minneapolis resembled a war zone. The Minnesota city had become the violent epicenter of President Donald Trump’s immigration raids as thousands of masked agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol roamed the streets in what was known as Operation Metro Surge. Thousands of immigrants, many of whom had no criminal record, were detained. Children were arrested. High schoolers were pepper-sprayed. And two US citizens—Renée Good and Alex Pretti—were shot and killed by immigration agents. Following weeks of protests, the White House reversed course and ramped down immigration enforcement. But hundreds of agents are still there as state officials like Attorney General Keith Ellison are left to clean up the mess. On this week’s More To The Story , Ellison talks with host Al Letson about the economic damage from the Trump administration’s ICE raids and persistent fears within immigrant communities, his congressional confrontation with Sen. Josh Hawley over a Covid-19 fraud scheme, and why he refuses to back down from the what he describes as the “Trump onslaught.” Producer: Josh Sanburn | Editor: Kara…
People in this episode
Host: Al Letson
Guest: Keith Ellison
Topics covered
- immigration enforcement
- ICE raids
- community impact
- political confrontation
- economic damage
- protests
Keywords
- ICE raids
- Minneapolis
- Keith Ellison
- Trump administration
- immigrant communities
- Operation Metro Surge
- protests
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, Trump administration, Sen. Josh Hawley, Center for Investigative Reporting, PRX
Places: Minneapolis
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