Minnesota ICE enforcement triggers public health crisis at Twin Cities hospitals

Healthcare workers at Twin Cities hospitals documented a public health crisis driven by Operation Metro Surge, reporting ICE agents entering facilities without warrants, handcuffing patients to beds, covering security cameras, and detaining a healthcare worker at M Health Fairview Southdale. Immigrant patients, legal residents, and citizens stopped seeking medical care out of fear of detention, with one OB-GYN reporting increased requests for home births. Medical residents at multiple hospitals declared a public health emergency requiring immediate policy response.