As the Department of Homeland Security undertakes stepped-up immigration enforcement in Minnesota, arrests and other confrontations have been popping up in more locations.

ICE operations have begun in Minnesota with 100 federal agents converging on the twin cities with their presence, prompting backlash, protests and threats. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez shares a look at the new arrests across Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Protesters held a noise demonstration outside Homewood Suites by Hilton in Edina on Thursday, one of several local hotels where federal immigration agents are staying.

Dozens of residents confronted ICE agents in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Monday. CBS News Minnesota reporter Jonah Kaplan has more.

Several Twin Cities communities have released statements to put residents at ease as federal agents are in the metro actively conducting federal immigration operations.

Minneapolis Councilman Jamal Osman, who is of Somali descent, told ABC News in an interview last Wednesday that locations for English as a second language courses, places of worship and homes have been targeted.

Information shared by ICE late Thursday contradicts the story being told by a Minnesota woman detained by federal law enforcement earlier this week in Minneapolis.