ICE arrested a man with no violent criminal record in Robbinsdale

Some attorneys are pointing to what they believe is an uptick in immigration enforcement in the metro. Among the people detained just in the recent few weeks, a Robbinsdale immigrant and video of his arrest has gone viral. Hey brother, get your hands off him. Right in the face, right in the face. Hey! Well, his lawyers, the man's lawyers, say he was wrongfully detained. Court documents show he came to the U.S. illegally in 1997, started the permanent residency process in 1999. He does not have a criminal record and runs a cleaning business with his partner. Immigration attorneys say the latest arrest is just one of a steady number. They say ICE is still frequently making arrests in the metro, even after the end of Metro Surge. Following the drawdown, there was a little long But in the last month or so, we have seen an uptick. Yeah, the man's attorney says they're working now quickly to make sure he is not transferred out of the state. For now, he's being held in Sherman County. Another immigration update. The federal government is appealing a federal judge's order to return a Minnesota immigrant deported to an African country, asking the Court of Appeals to step in and freeze this ruling. Kenneth Lopez-Gonzalez was arrested in January. The Nicaragua native... was then deported to the Central African Republic. An immigration judge has previously ruled Gonzalez faced the threat of torture if he was forced to return to Nicaragua. Meantime, the Department of Homeland Security is reporting that ICE broke records in 2026 for the most arrests and deportations in the agency's history. In all, there were more than 491,000 people arrested and 483,000 deportations. The biggest single month for arrests this year was in August. The previous overall record was set in 2025 with 442,640 deportations. This year's total is close to that of... 20, 22, 23, and 24 years combined with 486,000 deportations during those three years. Fox 9 has been taking a deep dive into ICE operations here in Minnesota. The first two episodes of the investigative series, Thin Ice, available to watch on the Fox Local app right now. Episode 3 comes out next Wednesday.