ICE Surge Operations Cost US Cities Over $200 Million; NPR Analysis Documents Financial Fallout

NPR analysis finds ICE deployments under Operation Metro Surge cost American cities hundreds of millions in overtime, economic disruption, and public safety response. Minneapolis alone saw over $203 million in economic fallout in a single month. LAPD spent $41 million in overtime in June 2025, nearly double normal levels. Portland logged over 38,000 overtime hours for event response in 2025, double the prior year. Twenty-six people have died in ICE custody since October, putting immigration detention on track for its deadliest fiscal year since the agency was founded.