US EditionImmigration agents draw guns and arrest activists following them in Minneapolis
Activists were detained for hindering immigration arrests amid Operation Metro Surge; education leaders report increased fear in schools with added security and mental health support, officials said.
- Immigration officers in Minneapolis drew firearms and arrested activists trailing agent vehicles on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, with at least one person wearing anti-ICE clothing handcuffed face-down, witnessed by an Associated Press photographer.
- Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino left town last week and Trump administration border czar Tom Homan was dispatched to Minnesota, while federal agents shifted toward targeted arrests at homes and neighborhoods.
- Several cars followed agents through south Minneapolis after reports the officers had been knocking at homes, and agents ordered reporters to stay back, threatening to use pepper spray.
- Tuesday was the deadline for Minneapolis to produce records for a federal grand jury, and Ally Peters, spokesperson for Mayor Jacob Frey, said the city is complying but will fight back.
- Alerts in activist group chats focus more on sightings than detainments as school leaders say immigration officers frighten communities, prompting Fridley Public Schools to add security and adjust procedures.
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We Are Here: Courts Join the Furious Chorus
Predictably, the exit of mini-Nazi Bovino did little to staunch ICE abuses - kids gassed, women dragged, skulls fractured, observers held at gunpoint - which go on apace. But so do growing protests, testimony and court rulings against them. This week, a spectacularly scathing one ripped ICE Barbie for trying to strip protections from 350,000 Haitians peaceably living and working here - en route, calling them "killers" and "leeches." The result: …
Immigration agents with arms in hand arrested on Tuesday activists following their vehicles in Minneapolis, while educational leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools over ongoing federal raids. Both are signs that tension persists in the Minneapolis area after the departure of high-profile commander Greg Bovino from the U.S. Border Patrol and the arrival of Trump administration border tsar Tom Homan, who followed the fatal shooti…
Activists tailing officers in Minneapolis arrested | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
MINNEAPOLIS -- Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps.
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