Overview
- Justice Department officials are examining whether Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey obstructed immigration enforcement, with CNN reporting grand jury subpoenas even as Walz’s office says it has received no notice.
- FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche visited the city, with Patel saying agents are working around the clock to target violent actors and forecasting additional arrests.
- U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a preliminary injunction barring federal personnel from retaliating against, arresting, or using pepper spray and other less‑lethal munitions on peaceful protesters and from conducting traffic stops without reasonable suspicion.
- Homeland Security calls Operation Metro Surge its largest such effort, reporting more than 2,500 arrests, with roughly 2,000 federal agents already deployed and about 1,000 additional CBP agents expected.
- Protests and periodic enforcement continue, with authorities reporting 12 arrests in recent hours as demonstrations persist after the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent.