Exclusive: Hegseth boosts Minneapolis immigration siege, approving use of military base

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

By Matthias Gafni,
Staff Writer
Jan 26, 2026

In what could be a sign of President Donald Trump’s Minnesota immigration siege digging in, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a request Monday by the Department of Homeland Security to further support its efforts in the Twin Cities.

In an email obtained by the Chronicle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked for space at Fort Snelling, a historic decommissioned military base in an unincorporated area next to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, to house federal immigration agents, weapons, vehicles and aircraft.

Fort Snelling is already the site of a U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement field office and a DHS immigration enforcement and detention processing center. CBP will use land on a U.S. Army Reserve base there. “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requests support from the Department of War (DoW) to provide existing infrastructure to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of DHS, specifically an area for parking approximately 300-500 vehicles and 10 storage trailers, a ready room space for approximal 500-800 CBP personnel, a space to house, maintain and operate five CBP Air Assets, access to a magazine to store munitions, and other necessary facilities to support operations in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area,” the email said.

On Monday morning, Hegseth approved the request, according to correspondence obtained by the Chronicle. “This infrastructure support is critical for the efficient and secure command, control, and coordination of these operations, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, and advancing DHS’s public safety and national security objectives,” the email said.

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/article/minneapolis-immigration-hegseth-base-21315889.php

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They're digging in.

[riversedge]

1. I do not want to think of all the wasted tax money being spent--and maybe more lives!

[turbinetree]

2. Every senator that voted for this asshole...........has this on there bloody hands............

and every commander that condones this crap should be stripped of there command........

[IronLionZion]

3. NRA forgot to resist tyranny

same with all those "small government" conservatives.

[mdbl]

4. Because he's nothing but a fascist asshole

With not too-many brains.

[suegeo]

5. Digging in, getting worse.

Abolish ICE.
Bring back due process.
Bring back the 4th amendment.
Give me back my body autonomy.

No free speech zones.

Get these fuckers outta here.

Impeach trump, noem, all of them and send them to prison.

[suegeo]

6. KICK