Overview
- Video from Santa Ana shows a federal officer firing at close range before a demonstrator was dragged away; the 21-year-old was reported by family to be permanently blind in his left eye as DHS labeled the crowd violent and two protesters were charged.
- Outside Minneapolis’ Whipple Federal Building, agents deployed flashbangs, tear gas and other rounds as barricades went up and demonstrations persisted, with federal officials committing more than 2,000 officers to the state and Minnesota suing to curb the surge.
- Footage from south Minneapolis shows agents smashing car windows and pulling a woman out as she yelled that she was disabled and headed to a doctor’s appointment, with an ICE official saying at least 60 people have been arrested in Minnesota for impeding or assaulting officers in recent days.
- MPR News reports the FBI took sole control of the federal criminal probe into the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is seeking public videos for a parallel state review, and agent Jonathan Ross is not in custody as a fundraiser for him topped $600,000.
- Reuters reports four migrants died in ICE custody from Jan. 3–9 and at least 30 died in 2025, the highest in two decades, as the detained population reached 69,000 early this month and scrutiny of detention conditions intensified.