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DOJ Subpoenas Minnesota Leaders as ICE Expands Twin Cities Operations

Court limits on ICE tactics collide with a widening federal–state standoff.

Activists shut down a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, claiming one of the pastors was also working as an ICE agent, on Jan. 19, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/AP)
Sora Paez, left, Iory Gomez and Stella Gamez, high-schoolers, join an anti-ICE protest at Civic Center Plaza as part of a school walkout on Jan. 20, 2026. Photo by Mariana Garcia.
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Overview

  • The Justice Department served grand-jury subpoenas to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in an obstruction inquiry that the officials condemned as political intimidation.
  • A federal judge ordered agents not to use tactics that chill peaceful protest, including tear gas and arrests, and curtailed certain vehicle stops, and the DOJ has appealed as the court considers broader relief.
  • Roughly 3,000 federal agents remain active in Minnesota with reports of an uptick in south Minneapolis, and the Pentagon has 1,500 active-duty soldiers on standby.
  • Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Minneapolis on Thursday for a roundtable and remarks as federal prosecutors also review a protest that disrupted a St. Paul church service.
  • Local police chiefs alleged racial profiling by federal agents, including a case where guns were drawn on an off-duty officer, a claim DHS said it could not verify without a name, and protests continue after the Jan. 7 killing of Renée Good.