Judge Curbs ICE Tactics in Minnesota as Pentagon Puts 1,500 Troops on Standby

Overview

• U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez barred ICE from detaining peaceful protesters or observers and from using pepper spray or other crowd-control munitions, giving DHS 72 hours to comply.
• The Pentagon readied roughly 1,500 soldiers from two 11th Airborne Division battalions for possible deployment to Minnesota, with officials stressing no deployment decision has been made.
• The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged obstruction of immigration enforcement, and at least six federal prosecutors in Minneapolis resigned this week.
• Federal authorities are examining Rebecca Good’s actions before her wife was shot, while a senior DOJ official said there is no current basis to charge agent Jonathan Ross.
• President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act but said he sees no need to use it at this time, after protests intensified following the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the wounding of a Venezuelan man.