The Department of Homeland Security is spending about $85,000 on parkas for what it calls an “urgent enforcement mission” in Minnesota, where federal agents have fanned out for a monthlong immigration crackdown in the middle of winter.
The department moved to buy the coats last month from a Tennessee workwear company, ordering gear designed for prolonged exposure to bone-chilling cold. Minnesota, which hugs the Canadian border, is known for long, harsh winters, and forecasters say the 2025–2026 season is expected to be colder than normal. Temperatures in the Twin Cities reached 11 degrees below zero (-24 C) last month, ...
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