Overview
- DHS says an agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during a targeted stop after an alleged assault with a shovel and broom handle; the injury was non-life-threatening and two others were detained.
- President Trump threatened on Truth Social to invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops to Minnesota; Attorney General Keith Ellison said he would challenge such a move in court.
- Protests flared overnight near the shooting scene, with federal officers firing tear gas and chemical irritants as some protesters threw rocks and fireworks, and vehicles used by agents were vandalized.
- DHS maintains a large deployment in the Twin Cities and reports more than 2,000 arrests since early December; a federal judge declined to halt the sweeps this week.
- Outrage has grown since ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7, a case DHS defends as self-defense that state and local leaders sharply dispute.