Overview
- U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan ruled ICE violated Garrison Gibson’s Fourth Amendment rights by entering his home without a judicial warrant and ordered his immediate release.
- ICE initially freed Gibson Thursday night, then arrested him again Friday morning when he reported to the Whipple Federal Building as directed by officials, according to local reporting.
- Gibson’s arrest followed agents using a battering ram to break his front door while his wife and their 9-year-old child were inside, an encounter his family streamed live.
- The court noted Gibson has no criminal record in the case file and had lived under an order of supervision for years with ankle monitoring and regular check-ins, despite DHS previously labeling him a criminal.
- The case unfolds during a broadened Minnesota enforcement campaign that DHS says has produced more than 2,500 arrests since Nov. 29, intensifying legal scrutiny of tactics and procedures.