SF 5144

03/24/26  REVISOR  KRB/DG  26-08230  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 5144
  (SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED, Johnson Stewart, McEwen, Wiklund and Maye Quade)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  04/15/2026      8079 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Transportation
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to airports; requiring transparency regarding immigrant detention flights
1.3at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; requiring reports; proposing coding
1.4for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.5    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. [473.686] IMMIGRANT DETENTION FLIGHTS.
1.7Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
1.8    the meanings given.
1.9(b) "Commission" means the Metropolitan Airports Commission established under
1.10   section 473.603.
1.11(c) "Detained individual" means an aircraft passenger who is traveling involuntarily or
1.12   being held in any kind of restraint other than a seatbelt.
1.13(d) "ICE Air" means the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Air Operations
1.14   division that facilitates the transfer and removal of undocumented immigrants on commercial
1.15   airlines and chartered flights.
1.16(e) "MSP" means the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
1.17(f) "Signature Aviation" means the entity that operates the Signature Aviation terminal.
1.18(g) "Signature Aviation terminal" means the terminal at MSP operated by Signature
1.19   Aviation that accommodates private international and business flights.
Section 1.  1
 03/24/26  REVISOR  KRB/DG  26-08230  as introduced
2.1      Subd. 2. Notice required. Signature Aviation must notify the commission of each flight
2.2  chartered by ICE Air that arrives at or departs from the Signature Aviation terminal. Each
2.3  notification must include:
2.4      (1) the number of passengers who are detained individuals;
2.5      (2) the number of detained individuals who are under 18 years of age;
2.6      (3) the scheduled arrival and departure times; and
2.7      (4) the origin and destination.
2.8      Subd. 3. Streaming video. (a) The commission must install, maintain, and operate a
2.9  camera capable of recording and streaming footage live on the Internet 24 hours per day.
2.10 The camera must be installed in a location that allows for recording and streaming footage
2.11 of the loading and unloading of all passengers on flights chartered by ICE Air at the Signature
2.12 Aviation terminal. The livestream footage must be accessible to the public on the
2.13 commission's website.
2.14     (b) Upon receiving notification under subdivision 2, commission staff must monitor the
2.15 loading and unloading of each flight chartered by ICE Air arriving at and departing from
2.16 the Signature Aviation terminal. Commission staff must record the number of passengers,
2.17 including detained individuals, who are loaded and unloaded for purposes of preparing the
2.18 monthly report required under subdivision 4.
2.19     Subd. 4. Monthly report. On the 15th of each month, the commission must submit a
2.20 report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
2.21 jurisdiction over public safety and state government. The report must include the following
2.22 information about each flight chartered by ICE Air:
2.23     (1) the number of flights arriving at and departing from the Signature Aviation terminal,
2.24 including the origin and destination; and
2.25     (2) the number of detained individuals loaded or unloaded, including the number of
2.26 detained individuals who are under 18 years of age.
2.27     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 Section 1.  2