Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey accused the federal government of conducting a “siege” of his city.

“The Operation Metro Surge needs to end. This kind of conduct and siege needs to stop, not just in Minneapolis; it needs to stop nationwide,” Frey told a room of fellow elected leaders at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Metro Surge, designed to target criminal illegal aliens in the Twin Cities area, in December, but has since expanded the operation to the rest of the state. The agency has deployed about 3,000 federal immigration officials to the area in recent weeks.

“I feel the support from across the entire country,” Frey said. “And we recognize that when one great........

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