Metro Surge price tag: Minnesota AG updates lawsuit against DHS with new survey data

Minnesota leaders have up to date their lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after they are saying new data exhibits companies and staff skilled devastating financial injury throughout Operation Metro Surge.

The transfer by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul comes after two surveys by researchers on the University of California, San Diego.

The first survey, finished between February and March, included almost 1,400 residents, and it confirmed that staff misplaced greater than $240 million in wages throughout the operation. A separate launched survey of about 900 companies exhibits greater than $600 million in misplaced income.

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Data confirmed that Minneapolis residents misplaced $189.2 million in wages, and St. Paul residents misplaced $54.6 million in wages.

Roughly 25% of the folks surveyed in St. Paul and Minneapolis had an interplay with DHS brokers throughout Metro Surge.

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Data from companies confirmed a $444.8 million income hit to Minneapolis and a $165.4 million loss in Saint Paul.

The survey additionally discovered that round 60% of companies in every metropolis reported that Operation Metro Surge negatively impacted operations.

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