Overview
- A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction limiting arrests of peaceful protesters, restricting certain crowd-control measures, and barring vehicle stops without specific reasonable suspicion for agents involved in Operation Metro Surge.
- About 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division were told to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota, though officials stressed no deployment is guaranteed.
- Minnesota’s National Guard has been mobilized and staged to assist public safety operations, with the governor urging peaceful demonstrations and noting the Guard is not on city streets.
- DHS reinforced Minneapolis–St. Paul with roughly 2,000 federal agents as protests continued and a larger anti-ICE crowd clashed with a smaller pro-ICE group organized by conservative activist Jake Lang.
- Minnesota and Illinois filed Tenth Amendment lawsuits challenging the federal operation, President Trump defended federal agents and floated possible Insurrection Act use if needed, and the DOJ is reportedly examining whether state and local leaders obstructed enforcement.