Immigration lawyers say more ICE detainees are being relocated outside of Minnesota as immigration enforcement ramps up against Somali residents.

ICE operations have begun in Minnesota with 100 federal agents converging on the twin cities with their presence, prompting backlash, protests and threats. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez shares a look at the new arrests across Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Minnesota-focused enforcement campaign has been underway for several weeks, and the agency says it’s resulted in more than 400 arrests so far. The Minnesota effort,

NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Protesters held a noise demonstration outside Homewood Suites by Hilton in Edina on Thursday, one of several local hotels where federal immigration agents are staying.

Minneapolis Councilman Jamal Osman, who is of Somali descent, told ABC News in an interview last Wednesday that locations for English as a second language courses, places of worship and homes have been targeted.

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The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota has driven outrage among the state’s top Democratic officials, broad concern among progressive residents, and protests by activists and groups left unsettled as federal agents delve deeper into the state’s communities.