Overview
- Agents from ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI and the DEA served a search warrant at Bro‑Tex as part of a federal criminal investigation, according to ICE.
- There was no immediate information on arrests, and ICE said the investigation is ongoing and posed no threat to public safety.
- Protesters numbering in the hundreds confronted agents, attempted to block vehicles, and were met with pepper spray and chemical irritants, with several people reported injured.
- A witness reported at least two people were zip‑tied and loaded into a van by agents as vehicles pushed through crowds trying to leave the area.
- The St. Paul Police Department said it was not involved, and Mayor Melvin Carter visited the scene and voiced concern as the operation followed weeks of stepped‑up federal enforcement in the region.