In an emailed statement to Snopes, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said "Susan Tincher was arrested after she assaulted a federal agent, tried to break through a security perimeter set up for public safety, ignored lawful commands, and became violent."

Immigration agents told NBC News that 400 people have been arrested since Dec. 1.

NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Immigration lawyers say more ICE detainees are being relocated outside of Minnesota as immigration enforcement ramps up against Somali residents.

A Somalian Minnesota college student has come under fire for threatening to “pop” ICE agents in an expletive-laden viral social media rant.

As the Department of Homeland Security undertakes stepped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, arrests and other confrontations have been popping up in more locations.

The “surge” in enforcement efforts by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  is being met with resistance by protesters on the street and by respondents in a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll conducted in the past week.