Another ICE raid over the weekend, this time on an urban college campus.
Administrators at Augsburg University says their campus community is still shaken over ICE agents confronting a student on the Minneapolis campus on Saturday.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says that recent actions by ICE seems chaotic.
"We know that the work they're doing seems to be somewhat scattered at times, doesn't seem like federal agents know exactly what they are doing themselves," Frey said on WCCO-TV. "But the bottom line is this we know they're targeting the Somali community. We've seen the rhetoric that Donald Trump is putting out and calling them garbage, and our message is very clear. We're standing with our Somali community."
In a statement, Augsburg officials say the agents aimed weapons at staff and students, calling the confrontation unacceptable, dangerous, and profoundly disturbing.
ICE has increased raids in the Twin Cities in recent weeks as part of "Operation Metro Surge."
Frey has been critical of the increased activity.
"They're American citizens. That is an important fact that is ultimately going missed," he says. "It's not like you can go and deport a whole bunch of people that are here legally, that are American citizens that have been contributing greatly to our city."
Last week, President Trump called Frey a "fool" for saying that he's proud on the city's Somali community.
"Well, what he's saying is in and of itself foolish, and I've certainly been called worse by Donald Trump," Frey responded. "And I imagine he'll be saying some stuff in the future as well. The bottom line is this is boring. It is mean spirited. It doesn't do anything to actually further the discussion and contribute to democracy."
Frey says that at some point, Trump's rhetoric should be ignored. He called the president's directives to federal agents that target the Somali people against the law.
Minnesota 5th Cistrict Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (DFL) also responded on the CBS program "Face the Nation" Sunday.
"It's disgusting. It's completely disgusting," she told host Margaret Brennan. "These are Americans that he is calling garbage, and we feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that he has on the Somali community and an unhealthy and creepy obsession that he has with me."
Omar says Trump's hateful rhetoric can lead to dangerous actions by his followers.
The latest actions come after federal agents arrested a dozen people in Minneapolis since launching an enforcement operation last week, primarily focused on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S. But fewer than half of those detained are Somali.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said last Thursday that agents had arrested 12 people. Of those, six are Mexican nationals, five are from Somalia and one is from El Salvador.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, which has the nation's largest Somali community, is the latest area targeted by the Trump administration for mass deportations, following operations in Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina. This week, immigration authorities have also arrived in New Orleans, where officials said they intend to arrest up to 5,000 people.
In a statement, ICE called the 12 people arrested some of the “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.” Eight of them had been charged or convicted of crimes, including assault, fraud, domestic violence and driving under the influence, according to ICE.
President Donald Trump recently targeted Somali immigrants in public remarks, calling them “ garbage ” and saying “they contribute nothing.” He also blamed Democratic Gov. Tim Walz for allowing alleged fraud in government programs to happen on his watch, which a conservative publication claimed was funneling money to a Somali militant group.
The crackdown has drawn intense criticism from local and state officials who have denounced Trump's rhetoric and pledged to protect the Somali community. Frey said city police would not participate in federal immigration enforcement.
In the ICE statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin accused Frey and Walz of not enforcing immigration laws and endangering citizens.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.