When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years

By Nicole L. Novak, Research Assistant Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa
William D. Lopez, Clinical Associate Professor of Public Health and Latino/Latina Studies, University of Michigan

The Trump administration announced on Feb. 12, 2026, that it is ending Operation Metro Surge, its deployment of more than 3,000 federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding metro area. Federal officials say some agents will remain in the area and have vowed that similar immigration sweeps are coming soon to other U.S. cities.

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