Combatting Department of Homeland Security Misinformation
This page exists to correct the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) repeated false claims regarding the Minnesota Department of Corrections' (DOC) cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Please see the below media fact sheet, press releases, and videos for more information.
Press Releases:
- The Minnesota Department of Corrections Urges the Department of Homeland Security to Share Facts, Not Fear
- Minnesota Department of Corrections Releases New Evidence Showing DHS Is Publishing False Arrest Claims at Scale
- Minnesota Department of Corrections Statement on Minneapolis Shooting and Federal Claims
- Minnesota DOC Releases Video to Refute False Claims by the Department of Homeland Security
- Minnesota Pushes Back Against Continued False Department of Homeland Security Claims
- Minnesota Department of Corrections Addresses False Claims by the Department of Homeland Security
In the News:
- Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented
- ICE Demands More Access to Minnesota Inmates. But It’s Complicated.
- ICE target was already in prison when agents detained St. Paul man in his underwear, DOC says
- Minnesota corrections commissioner disputes ICE arrest numbers
- Minnesota corrections officials again dispute ICE numbers on criminals
- Minnesota Department of Corrections highlights false arrest claims by Homeland Security
- Minnesota Department of Corrections releases statement on Minneapolis shooting, federal claims
- Minnesota Dept of Corrections dismisses DHS narrative about them not complying with ICE
- Minnesota DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinformation by DHS'
- Minnesota DOC launches website to correct 'DHS misinformation'
- Minnesota Officials DHS has mischaracterized ICE arrests
- Minnesota prisons chief accuses Homeland Security of peddling ‘misinformation’ on ICE surge
- Minnesota prisons head calls out ICE misinformation on arrests, cooperation
- Minnesota’s prisons had to launch a website to correct ‘inaccurate’ arrest info from Trump’s DHS
- MN DOC launches web page refuting DHS misinformation about lack of ICE cooperation
- MN prisons say many fed ‘arrests’ are routine transfers to ICE
- Prisons chief says ICE figures on detainers in Minnesota are wildly inaccurate
- Records undercut ICE claims that MN jails, prisons release 'worst of the worst'
- Top Minnesota corrections official denies DHS claim that the state is releasing dangerous criminals
- ‘Trust Has Been Breached’ The broken relationship between Minnesota and the federal government
- Vance acknowledges Minnesota Department of Corrections cooperating with ICE
- What’s next for Minneapolis A shaky promise, mounting tensions and the fight for control
- Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer
- 'Worst of the Worst' website draws scrutiny