Overview
- An 8th Circuit administrative stay lifted U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez’s injunction, again allowing federal agents in Minnesota to arrest peaceful protesters, use crowd-control tools, and conduct certain vehicle stops.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced three arrests tied to a protest inside a St. Paul church under the FACE Act, and Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis to meet ICE officers and deliver remarks.
- DHS rejected claims that agents used a 5-year-old as bait during an arrest in Columbia Heights, saying the child’s father fled and that the boy was not targeted, while school officials say the child and his father were detained and sent to Texas.
- Reports of aggressive tactics continue, including a St. Paul U.S. citizen who says he was wrongly detained at home in his underwear, and Twin Cities police chiefs alleging off-duty officers of color were stopped by ICE; DHS says it has no record of the latter and is reviewing.
- ICE launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in Maine, with an official citing about 50 arrests to date and roughly 1,400 targets statewide, as federal surges expand beyond Minnesota.