US EditionFederal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says
- On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission.
- Amid an ongoing Twin Cities enforcement surge, President Donald Trump ordered border czar Tom Homan to take over Minnesota enforcement following recent deadly encounters.
- Video shows a consulate staffer running to the door and identifying the building as diplomatic premises, while one ICE officer threatened to `grab` the staffer before agents left and consulate officials activated emergency protocols.
- Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility filed a `note of protest` with the U.S. embassy in Ecuador to deter similar entries, while the U.S. Department of State, DHS and ICE did not immediately respond.
- International law generally bars law enforcement entry into consulates without permission, barring emergencies, while Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ordered Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, to appear in court Friday.
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An ICE immigration officer attempted to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was stopped by…
Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that an ICE officer attempted to persecute the country's consulate in Minneapolis, before being "prevented" by the officials on the spot.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempted to break into the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday, prompting the Ecuadorian government to protest to the U.S. State Department. Meanwhile, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of two Ecuadorian immigrants detained in the past few days, a five-year-old boy and his father.
An ICE agent from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday but was blocked by consulate employees, Ecuador's foreign minister said, according to Reuters.
Ecuadorian Consulate repels 'attempted incursion' by ICE officer in Minneapolis
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer attempted to enter its consulate facilities in Minneapolis on Tuesday in an “attempted incursion.” Ecuador’s foreign ministry said the incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday and issued a “note of protest” to the United States afterward. “Immediately, Consulate officials prevented the ICE official from entering the consular premises, thereby…
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