Overview
- New videos from Minneapolis show federal agents stopping people in everyday settings and demanding identification or proof of citizenship.
- Gage Diego Garcia says officers detained him for six hours in Columbia Heights after he refused to show ID, while DHS claims he fled and assaulted an officer by spitting.
- In a filmed encounter, an officer told Minneapolis resident Nimco Omar they were conducting a “citizen check” and threatened transport to verify her identity if she did not present ID.
- DHS rejects critical media accounts as a false narrative and cites a September 2025 Supreme Court decision in asserting authority to use reasonable suspicion in immigration patrols.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says teams target specific suspects and may ask nearby individuals to validate identity, as civil-rights groups circulate guidance that citizens generally need not prove citizenship in public.