Overview
- Augsburg University confirmed that armed, masked ICE agents detained an undergraduate in a campus parking lot on Dec. 6 and did not produce a judicial warrant when asked.
- President Paul Pribbenow said the agents were on university property illegally and that weapons were pointed at staff and students who witnessed the confrontation.
- Officials said the student appeared to have been followed to campus, was taken off site by agents, and is now receiving support through contact with family and attorneys.
- The university is tightening security by locking additional buildings so entry by federal agents would require a judge-signed warrant.
- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara acknowledged the ICE activity and said officers will document such incidents under the mayor’s order; ICE has not commented as the action occurs during a regional operation that has produced multiple arrests.