Overview
- A federal court issued a preliminary injunction barring immigration agents from arresting or using pepper spray and similar munitions on people engaged in peaceful, unobstructive protest or observation.
- The order also prohibits stopping or detaining drivers and passengers without reasonable suspicion they are forcibly interfering with agents, tightening limits on street stops during the operation.
- Justice Department officials have launched an investigation into Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over whether their statements impeded federal enforcement, a move both leaders denounced as intimidation.
- The court action follows the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer and a separate Jan. 14 shooting that injured a Venezuelan man, as DHS maintains self‑defense claims that local officials and critics dispute.
- Roughly 3,000 federal agents remain deployed under Operation Metro Surge, protests continue, and President Trump—after threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act—said Friday there was no reason to use it right now.