ICE said Friday that 12 immigrants, five of them Somali, have been detained as a result of “Operation Metro Surge.” But immigrant rights groups and attorneys say the number of detainees is much higher.

During a rally at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Wednesday, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS spoke with rally organizers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) about maintaining peace during demonstrations. Last week, St. Paul police were called for crowd control when a protest escalated.

Rallying outside of Signature Aviation near MSP’s Terminal 2, dozens of people demanded a “stop to deportation flights taking place from the Signature Airlines Terminal."

Protesters gathered outside the Signature Aviation base near the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport on Wednesday to decry President Donald Trump’s targeting of Minnesota's Somali community.

Rally outside the insurer’s Eagan-based headquarters follows decision to drop gyms at Life Time, YMCA of the North