Federal agents could sweep through the Twin Cities for an immigration enforcement surge as early as this week, multiple law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News.

ICE agents to descend on Twin Cities and Minneapolis officials respond to Trump administration targeting Somali immigrants

The prospect of an immigration operation centered on Somali migrants is likely to deepen tensions in Minnesota as Trump has become increasingly focused on people of Somalian descent living in the U.S., saying recently that they “have caused a lot of trouble,” rhetoric that community leaders say has inflamed tensions and revived fears of profiling.

A winter storm warning has been issued for the Twin Cities metro as the first snow storm of the cold season approaches. The storm will bring rain and snow to the state and parts of the region Tuesday into early Wednesday.

The Twin Cities and other parts of the state woke up Wednesday to roads fully or partly caked in slush and snow, canceled schools or late starts and declared snow emergencies in the wake of the metro area’s first snowfall in earnest of the year.