Overview
- ICE said officers and partner agencies served a search warrant at Bro‑Tex as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
- Dozens of agents from ICE/HSI, the FBI and the DEA were present and were met by roughly a couple hundred demonstrators.
- Agents deployed chemical irritants and shot pepper balls after protesters linked arms to block vehicles leaving the site.
- St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s office reported multiple people were hurt, and witnesses said at least one or two people were zip tied and loaded into a van.
- The St. Paul Police Department said it was not involved, and federal officials have not provided details on arrests or the nature of the investigation.