Overview
- President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that he could invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Minnesota in response to protests targeting federal immigration agents.
- Authorities say an ICE agent shot and wounded Venezuelan citizen Julio César Sosa Celis in the leg during an arrest after he and others allegedly attacked the agent with a snow shovel and a broom handle.
- State and local officials, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, condemned federal tactics, and the ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Fourth Amendment violations.
- Federal agents used tear gas and stun grenades near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as arrests mounted, and St. Paul schools offered a virtual option after incidents involving vehicles carrying students and staff.
- DHS says more than 2,000 arrests have been made in Minnesota since early December, while Los Angeles County advanced an ordinance to designate county properties as ICE‑free zones with a second vote expected within 30 days.