Overview
- The FBI is leading the case and, according to Minnesota officials, has denied state investigators access to key materials while it conducts the probe.
- Three Minnesota members of Congress said they were refused entry to an ICE processing site in Minneapolis during an attempted oversight visit on Saturday.
- A 47-second video recorded on ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s phone shows the moments before he fired; DHS says he acted in self-defense, a claim disputed by local officials and witnesses.
- Large, mostly peaceful demonstrations coordinated by groups including Indivisible and the ACLU spanned Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Washington and other cities, with 29 arrests reported Friday night in Minneapolis.
- The shooting occurred during a DHS/ICE surge that deployed roughly 2,000 agents to Minnesota linked to a Feeding Our Future fraud probe, and Congress is weighing investigations, restrictions on federal agents’ tactics and identification, funding limits, and potential action against Secretary Kristi Noem.