Overview
- The 8th Circuit paused a district court order that had barred federal immigration agents from using chemical munitions, detaining peaceful observers, or otherwise retaliating against nonviolent protesters in the Twin Cities.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced three arrests tied to a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, with officials citing the FACE Act, and a magistrate judge reportedly rejected an initial attempt to charge journalist Don Lemon over the incident.
- Columbia Heights school officials say ICE "used" 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to draw out others during his father’s arrest, a claim DHS rejects as it says the father fled and the child was not targeted; the pair are reported to be held at a Texas facility and the family has active asylum cases, their lawyer says.
- Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis to meet agents and defend the operation as organizers called a statewide "No Work, No School, No Shopping" action and a downtown march for Friday.
- Questions over home-entry authority escalated after a U.S. citizen in St. Paul reported being detained at his residence, as a surfaced ICE memo asserted administrative warrants can justify entering private homes, a shift from prior practice.