2026-02-04T07:00:11-0500 / CBS新闻
明尼苏达州布鲁克林公园 — 当地官员表示，”地铁突击行动”已经改变了明尼阿波利斯北部这个繁华多元郊区的日常生活，导致 businesses 关闭，居民纷纷躲藏。
布鲁克林公园警察局长马克·布鲁利和市长霍莉斯·温斯顿认为，联邦移民官员的临时激增造成了永久性损害，这种损害将持续到最终撤离双城的联邦探员之后。
“我们很多社区居民都感到恐惧，”温斯顿描述了商业主干道上商店关门的情景，”许多社区成员因为太过害怕而不敢出门，”市长补充说，这种恐惧不仅限于无证居民。
“我们谈论的是美国公民，他们却因为害怕而不敢在美国的城市街道上行走，”他说。
市长称经济影响可能持续数年
在这个约65%居民为少数族裔的城市，温斯顿表示，邻居们正在考虑是否完全避免外出，转而选择食品杂货配送。他将经济影响比作新冠疫情，并预测其影响可能持续数年。
“从现在起五到十年，我们都将为此挣扎，”温斯顿说，除非在任何降级后开展”恢复工作”。
温斯顿报告称，经济影响立竿见影且严重，部分企业收入下降50%，而另一些企业”干脆关门”。
“这对我市所有行业都产生了寒蝉效应，”温斯顿警告称，”这种经济状况是不可持续的。”
警察局长称便衣警察被拦截，一人”被持枪围困”
布鲁利表示，在得知美国移民和海关执法局(ICE)探员不仅拦截了社区成员，还拦截了布鲁克林公园的警察和文职人员——他称这些人是美国公民和”有色人种”——并要求出示公民身份证明后，他决定公开表态。
布鲁利说，在一个案例中，手持武器的ICE探员”围困”了一名车内有孩子的警官，并”要求出示证明他们是美国公民的文件”。
布鲁利表示，他最初犹豫是否公开，因为他担心人们会认为只有当联邦探员针对他自己的员工时他才会在意，而事实并非如此。他说，作为警察局长，他不能仅仅依靠口碑或社交媒体片段。
“当我的员工……那些能够上法庭作证的人……含泪告诉我，他们因为肤色被拦截，枪支对准他们，被要求出示文件……这让我确认了整个都会区和全州都在发生类似情况，”布鲁利告诉CBS新闻。
警察局长称，其他执法官员，包括圣保罗警察局长，也报告了类似经历。”这些每天执行执法工作的警官告诉我，其他执法人员已经失控，”他说。”全国人民都应该停下来想想，哇，到底发生了什么？”
联邦探员存在侵蚀当地执法部门信任，市长警告
温斯顿表达了对信任的更深层次担忧——以及对联邦战术的不信任如何蔓延到当地警察的合法性。
市长警告称，联邦存在有瓦解多年来在社区警务和替代应对方法方面投入的风险，他说这项工作有助于降低犯罪率并改善关系。
“不是每个人都能区分我们当地警察的工作和他们在联邦政府看到的情况，”温斯顿说。
根据布鲁克林公园市长和警察局长的说法，国土安全部称”地铁突击行动”是此类行动中规模最大的一次，这与过去其他联邦执法行动也有所不同。
“我们没有看到那种合作，而我们知道这种合作是什么样子，因为我们一直都有。我们有着良好的合作关系，”布鲁利说。”这次完全不同。”
去年，当明尼苏达州众议院前议长梅丽莎·霍特曼在其布鲁克林公园的家中遇刺时，该市与联邦执法部门合作。布鲁利局长称，他为其警察部队与联邦部队在他所谓的”极其艰难的任务”中的执法合作感到自豪。
温斯顿市长表示，建立牢固的合作关系将有助于缓和社区紧张局势，该市对当地执法部门充满信心：”我们知道如何做得好。这就是我们作为一个州真正要求的。我认为这将在全国范围内建立合法性。”
关于ICE随身摄像头：”晚了10年”
周一，国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆宣布，明尼阿波利斯的联邦移民官员将立即开始佩戴随身摄像头。
温斯顿表示，他欢迎随身摄像头带来的内在问责制，承认这一举措来得晚了，但称之为”一个缓和局势并开始讨论如何建立长期问责制的机会”。
布鲁利称新的随身摄像头”晚了10年”，认为这项技术可以提高警务透明度和合法性。尽管如此，他表示自边境负责人汤姆·霍曼抵达明尼苏达州以来，他注意到了变化。
“气氛有了明显改善……他们表现得更好了，”警察局长说，并补充说”我们看到的很多行为在霍曼抵达后都停止了”。
布鲁利表示，他对联邦官员的核心反对不是针对移民执法本身，而是这种突击行动的执行方式。他描述了他认为一些联邦团队在行动中带来的心态。他认为，这种”结果证明手段正当”的做法与美国警务的根本原则不相容。
“逮捕15个人并不重要，但你违反了宪法。这是错误的，”布鲁利强调了第四修正案的保护——即免受”因肤色而被接触、搜查或讯问”的权利——并说”这种行为在美国街头是不能容忍的”。
布鲁利描述的最不寻常的动态之一是居民拨打911请求当地警察帮助，因为他们认为ICE”在监视他们、跟踪他们、试图进入他们的公寓”。
他回忆起一个事件，一名男子冲进警察局大厅”求救”，因为ICE探员在追捕他并将其拘留。
警察局长警告这不是”蓝州问题”
警察局长还警告了他所谓的”任务蔓延”，即行动最初目标的所谓扩大。
“这不仅仅是暴力人员，”他说，”所有人都被拦截，包括美国公民，被要求出示文件。”
当被问及他们会对那些将此视为”蓝州问题”的领导人说什么时，布鲁利表示，无论政党如何，这种情况都是不可接受的：”美国公民……因为肤色而被从街上抓走，被要求出示文件。”
温斯顿也提出了更广泛的观点，即首先针对边缘化社区使用的强制战术往往”蔓延”到其他人，以禁毒战争为例。他警告说，如果这种做法在明尼苏达州行得通，”当它符合某些人的目的时，它就可以在全国任何地方使用”。
对于其他正准备应对类似激增的城市，布鲁利提出了直言不讳的建议，称虽然”没有现成的手册”，但领导人必须”做正确的事”，记录他们能做的事情，并推动透明度。
“移民执法需要进行，”他说，”但我们也可以说，其执行方式——包括蒙面行动——是不可接受的执法方式。”
How federal policing upended daily life, public trust in Minneapolis
2026-02-04T07:00:11-0500 / CBS News
Brooklyn Park, Minn. — “Operation Metro Surge” has transformed daily life in the bustling, diverse suburb north of Minneapolis, with businesses shuttering and residents now in hiding, local officials say.
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley and Mayor Hollies Winston argue the temporary surge of federal immigration officers has created permanent damage that will outlast the federal agents who will eventually pick up and leave the Twin Cities.
“A lot of our community is terrified,” Winston said, describing critical business corridors where shops have closed. “Many community members are not coming out of their house because they’re so fearful,” the mayor said, adding that the fear is not limited to undocumented residents.
“We’re talking about citizens of the United States [who] are too scared to come out on a city street in America,” he said.
Economic impact could last for years, mayor says
In a city where roughly 65% of residents are people of color, Winston said neighbors are weighing whether to avoid going outside altogether, opting for grocery delivery. He compared the economic impact to the COVID pandemic and predicted the effects could linger for years.
“We will be grappling with this five to ten years from now,” Winston said, unless a “recovery effort” follows any de-escalation.
Winston reported that the economic impact has been immediate and severe, with some businesses seeing revenue down 50%, while others “just closed up.”
“It’s having a chilling impact across all sectors of our city,” Winston said, warning the economics are “just not sustainable.”
Police chief says off-duty officers stopped, one “boxed in” at gunpoint
Bruley said he decided to speak publicly after learning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had stopped not only community members, but also Brooklyn Park police officers and civilian staff — people he said were U.S. citizens and “people of color” — and demanded proof of citizenship.
In one case, Bruley said, ICE agents with guns drawn “boxed in” an officer who had a child in the vehicle and “demanded paperwork to prove that they were essentially a U.S. citizen.”
Bruley said he initially hesitated to go public because he feared people would assume he only cared once federal agents targeted his own staff, adding that is not the case. He said that as a police chief, he could not rely solely on word-of-mouth or social media clips.
“When my staff … people that can go to court and testify… come to me in tears … telling me they’re stopped because of the color of their skin, guns drawn on them, demanding [their] paperwork … It just affirmed how much of this is going on all over the Metro area and throughout the state,” Bruley said.
The police chief said similar experiences have since been reported by other law enforcement officials, including the St. Paul police chief. “These are police officers that do the job of law enforcement every day telling me that other law enforcement are out of control,” he told CBS News. “Everybody in the nation should step back and go, whoa, what is going on?
Federal agents’ presence eroding trust in local law enforcement, mayor warns
Winston expressed a deeper concern about trust — and how mistrust of federal tactics can spill over onto local police legitimacy.
The mayor warned the federal presence risks unraveling years of investment in community policing and alternative response approaches, saying that work has helped drive crime down and improve relationships.
“Not everyone can differentiate between what our local police do and what they see at the federal government,” Winston said.
Operation Metro Surge, which the Department of Homeland Security says is the largest operation of its kind, has also been different from other federal law enforcement operations in the past, according to the Brooklyn Park mayor and police chief.
“We’re not seeing that partnership, and we know what it looks like, because we’ve had it forever. We’ve had great partnerships,” Bruley said. “This has been different.”
The city partnered with federal law enforcement last year when former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman was assassinated at her home in Brooklyn Park. Chief Bruley said he was proud of the law enforcement partnership between his police force and the federal force on what he called “an incredibly difficult mission.”
Mayor Winston said having a strong partnership would serve to de-escalate tensions in the community, and the city has faith in its local law enforcement: “We know what it looks like for it to be done well. And so that’s all we’re really asking for as a state here. And I think that just builds legitimacy across the entire country.”
On ICE body cameras: “Late by 10 years”
On Monday, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem announced federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras effective immediately.
Winston said he welcomed the built-in accountability of body cameras, conceding the move came late but calling it “an opportunity to de-escalate and start talking about how is there gonna be long-term accountability.”
Bruley called the new bodycams “late by 10 years,” arguing the technology improves transparency and legitimacy in policing. Still, he said he has noticed a change since Border Czar Tom Homan arrived in Minnesota.
“There has been a noticeable difference in the temperature… they’re just acting better,” the police chief said, adding that “a lot of the behaviors that we’ve seen stopped,” when Homan arrived.
Bruley said that his core objection to federal officers isn’t to immigration enforcement itself, but rather the way this surge has been carried out. He described a mindset he believes some federal teams brought to the operation. That “ends justify the means” approach, he argued, is fundamentally incompatible with American policing.
“It doesn’t matter if you arrest 15 people, but you violated the Constitution. It was wrong,” Bruley said, emphasizing Fourth Amendment protections — the right to be free from being “contacted, searched [or] interrogated because of the color of their skin” — and said “that type of behavior cannot be tolerated in our streets in this country.”
One of the most unusual dynamics Bruley described was residents calling 911 asking for local police help because they believe ICE is “watching them, following them, trying to get in their apartment.”
He recounted an incident where a person ran into the police department lobby “begging” for help as ICE agents chased the individual inside and took them into custody.
What’s happening is not a “blue state problem,” police chief warns
The police chief also warned about what he called “mission creep,” or a so-called broadening of the original objective of the operation.
“It’s not just violent people,” he said. “Everybody’s getting stopped, including the U.S. citizens and demanded paperwork.”
Asked what they would tell leaders who see this as a “blue state problem,” Bruley said that’s happening is unacceptable regardless of party: “American citizens … are being snatched up off the street, demanding their paperwork, just because of color of their skin.”
Winston also made the broader argument that coercive tactics used first against marginalized communities often “creep” outward to others, pointing to the war on drugs as an example. He cautioned that if the justification works in Minnesota, “it can be used anywhere in the country when it serves anybody’s purpose.”
For other cities preparing for a similar surge, Bruley offered blunt advice, saying that while there is “no playbook,” leaders must “do what’s right,” document what they can and push for transparency.
“Immigration enforcement needs to happen,” he said. “We also can say that the way it’s being executed – with faces being covered … is an unacceptable way to do law enforcement.”