Overview
- Video from Santa Ana shows a federal officer firing a projectile at close range that left a 21-year-old demonstrator blind in his left eye and with skull fractures, according to fellow protesters and family.
- In Minneapolis, federal agents deployed flashbangs, tear gas and other crowd-control munitions near the Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 13 as authorities expanded barricades and warned protesters of arrest.
- Homeland Security has committed more than 2,000 additional immigration officers to Minnesota, while the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued to curb the surge as federal officials report over 2,000 arrests since early December.
- A separate Minneapolis confrontation captured on video shows agents smashing windows and pulling a woman from her car as she shouted that she was disabled and heading to a medical appointment; an ICE official said roughly 60 people have been arrested in recent days for impeding or assaulting officers.
- An online database called ICE List says it received a dataset of about 4,500 alleged ICE and Border Patrol personnel, a reported leak that DHS officials warn endangers officers, as separate reports highlight four migrant deaths in ICE custody from Jan. 3–9 following a two-decade high in 2025.