The Minnesota Department of Corrections held a news conference to address what it says is "persistent misinformation being shared by the Department of Homeland Security regarding ICE detainers in Minnesota." | Fox 9

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is asking for the federal government to stop sharing misinformation. The department writes, "The Minnesota Department of Corrections honors all federal and local detainers, including those issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). DHS’s assertion that 1,360 non-U.S. citizens are in Minnesota’s state custody is inexplicable. Minnesota’s total state prison population is approximately 8,000 individuals, and only 207 (less than 3 percent) are n

Minnesota Department of Corrections chief Paul Schnell tells Erin Burnett the sex offender DHS is searching for is already in custody. "He is, in fact, in prison. ….They should know, because we did notify them that they were in our custody." | Erin Burnett OutFront

The Minnesota Department of Corrections has taken the "unprecedented step" to call out the Dept. of Homeland Security. The DOC says DHS released false information when it said ICE captured the worst of the worst earlier this month during its operation in Minneapolis. DOC references two particular detainees that DOC says were NOT captured by ICE. DOC says what really happened (as you see in the video below from DOC) was a standard coordination to "transfer" two people already in custody to ICE. P

ICE says it has taken hundreds of dangerous immigrants off the streets in Minnesota — and the agency accuses state and local officials of interfering with immigration enforcement, even letting suspects go free. Paul Schnell, the top corrections official in the state, told Nicole Sganga that it is a matter of policy for his department to “cooperate with ICE and ICE detainers,” and urged federal officials “to stop telling stories that are simply not true.” | CBS Mornings