GET ME REWRITE: How Isle, a small city with very few Black and Hispanic residents, became the only Minnesota city to sign an agreement with ICE

 

Demographics:  CIty of Isle, U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Headline:  Minnesota Star Tribune, 2/19/2026

Jenny Berg reports:

It's hardly a hotspot for immigrants. 

Yet amid controversy over Minnesota governments' reluctance to help federal immigration enforcement efforts, it's the first and only city in the state to sign an agreement with U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  The agreement allows city police officers to perform some functions of federal immigration officers such as checking citizenship status during day-to-day work and executing search warrants for immigration violations.

"We are grateful to be included in the mission of ICE," Isle Mayor Ernie Frie said.

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