MINNEAPOLIS — A day after The New York Times reported federal immigration officials would launch an operation targeting Minnesota's Somali community, the mission began.

NBC News told KARE 11 on Wednesday morning that a senior law enforcement official confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation is now underway.

The news comes after Twin Cities leaders, including both Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors, held a press conference Tuesday in response to The Times' report, pushing back on the federal government's stance on the deportation of immigrants and refugees.

The Minnesota branch of the nonprofit Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) held a press conference from its offices in south Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon.

Beforehand, Executive Director Jayl

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