Overview
- On Jan. 14, a judge in Minnesota declined to issue a temporary restraining order that sought to pause federal immigration operations tied to the ICE surge.
- Homeland Security officials publicly backed the agents’ conduct as lawful, while Stephen Miller told Fox News that ICE officers have federal immunity; the FBI remains in charge of the criminal probe and DOJ has not opened a civil-rights case, with multiple resignations reported.
- New footage shows agents pulling a woman from her car near the site of the shooting; DHS said officers faced assaults and reported eight arrests on Jan. 12, and an ICE official said about 60 protesters have been arrested in the past five days.
- Two Minneapolis residents who were monitoring agents say they were detained without charges, pepper-sprayed, held in harsh conditions, and pressured for information before release; DHS did not comment on their accounts.
- There are now roughly 2,800 federal agents operating in the Twin Cities, and the controversy widened to New York as a City Council employee with legal status was detained during a routine appointment, with lawyers preparing a habeas filing.