# ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/
- Published: 2026-10-28T09:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T05:51:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Wired
- Original article: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-running-one-of-the-largest-anti-left-surveillance-operations-in-us-history/
- Topics: Americas, Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- Filings point to extensive surveillance of Minnesota immigration enforcement opponents.
- Around 120 federal agents were assigned to the case.
- Prosecutors and defendants sharply disagree over activists’ conduct.

## Summary

Court filings in the prosecution of 15 Minnesota activists describe a broad Department of Homeland Security surveillance operation targeting people who opposed the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. The investigation used extensive intelligence-gathering powers against community organising, prompting comparisons from defence lawyers and former officials with the FBI’s past surveillance of left-wing and civil rights movements.

The records concern investigations known as Project Whipple Shield and Operation Puppet Master, authorised under a presidential memorandum directing action against groups critical of the administration. About 120 Homeland Security Investigations agents, including 11 undercover operatives, were assigned to the Minnesota case; filings say investigators used Reaper drones and tools usually reserved for serious criminal probes. Activists say they monitored federal agents through encrypted messaging groups and a volunteer dispatch system, while prosecutors allege a conspiracy to obstruct immigration enforcement.

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