Minnesota anti-ICE agitators swarm, confront federal agents during enforcement operations

Anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators were seen surging and confronting national agents during migration enforcement operations successful Minneapolis connected Tuesday, arsenic tensions proceed to emergence successful the Twin Cities pursuing the decease of Renee Nicole Good past week.

Video from the hectic country shows dozens of agitators stepping into the way of migration agents’ vehicles, positioning themselves adjacent and successful beforehand of them arsenic officers attempted to propulsion done the crowd.

Agents could beryllium seen deploying teardrop state and capsicum spray successful an effort to disperse the assemblage and carve retired an exit route.

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Federal agents deploy teardrop state arsenic anti-ICE agitators determination done a smoke-filled thoroughfare during an migration enforcement cognition successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 13, 2026. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

As the country unfolded, agitators could beryllium heard chanting anti-fascist slogans, shouting profanities, blowing whistles and honking conveyance horns successful what appeared to beryllium an effort to disrupt the cognition and drown retired commands from instrumentality enforcement.

"Day successful and time retired we volition combat the fascists," 1 young antheral could beryllium heard shouting portion signaling the country connected his cellphone. 

"This is Minneapolis, and we volition not lose," helium added.

Others could beryllium heard encouraging others implicit bullhorns and contradicting each different for disrupting instrumentality enforcement. 

In 1 instance, a antheral was seen lasting successful the mediate of the roadworthy with his hands successful the air, verbally taunting agents to "do it present if you’re going to bash it." He was aboriginal seen wiping capsicum spray from his look with water.

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A national cause pushes an anti-ICE agitator during an migration enforcement cognition successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 13, 2026. The cause appears to beryllium moving the idiosyncratic retired of the way of vehicles portion different radical look on. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In a abstracted section incident, agitators attempted to interfere with national agents arsenic they sought to apprehension astatine slightest 1 suspect, closing successful connected the cognition and forcing agents to enactment wrong a choky crowd. Agitators determination excessively shouted obscenities astatine agents, blew whistles and honked conveyance horns.

On Monday night, national agents fired teardrop state and rubber bullets aft agitators hurled fireworks astatine them extracurricular a national gathering successful the city.

The Department of Homeland Security said that much than 2,000 arrests person been made in Minnesota since December as portion of what ICE has described arsenic its largest enforcement cognition successful the state.

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Federal agents detain a idiosyncratic connected a residential thoroughfare arsenic anti-ICE agitators stitchery adjacent during an migration enforcement cognition successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 13, 2026. (John Sullivan via Storyful)

ICE officials connected Saturday released a shocking database of the "worst of the worst" criminal amerciable immigrants arrested during their caller surge. ICE officials said those arrested during the surge included convicted murderers, kid rapists, pedophiles, home abusers and different convulsive offenders.

The unrest comes arsenic Minnesota, joined by the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, filed a suit Monday seeking to halt oregon bounds a surge of national migration enforcement successful the Twin Cities.