US EditionMinneapolis Observers Detained Without Charges, Pressured to Identify Protesters
Two ICE observers detained without charges describe harsh conditions and pressure to identify protest organizers during intensified Minneapolis enforcement following a fatal shooting.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, Patty O'Keefe said ICE detained her and Brandon Sigüenza for hours and released them the same day without charges.
- Federal officials deployed a large immigration operation to the Twin Cities amid a surge in ICE activity after Renee Good was fatally shot during a Jan. 7 operation, attracting at least 200 observers.
- Blocking and vehicle tactics escalated during local encounters with ICE, as Patty O'Keefe said agents blocked her truck on Franklin Avenue corridor, demanded window down, and threatened to break it.
- State of Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul sued Homeland Security on Monday to end the surge, while Judge Katherine M. Menendez set a Jan. 22 deadline for court filings.
- Tribal leaders demanded immediate releases and answers over detained members, stressing enrolled tribal members are U.S. citizens outside immigration jurisdiction, while the Oglala Sioux Tribe sought information about their status.
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Pine Journal
Minneapolis elected officials, observers sound alarm on escalating ICE activity
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis elected officials said Wednesday that ICE activity has been escalating in their neighborhoods in the week following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal agent Jan. 7. On Sunday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said “hundreds” more agents were being sent to Minnesota on Sunday and Monday, in addition to the estimated 2,000 already operating in the Twin Cities area — nearly double the size o…
I Joined Ice Watch
It was just after noon on a Monday in Minneapolis and dozens of anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activists were on a joint call on Signal, an encrypted messaging app. A woman was describing a Nissan she’d been trailing on Hiawatha Avenue when a user named “Chickpea” interrupted.“Folks at 35th and Park report that ICE hit a man with their vehicle,” Chickpea said, breathless. In the background, I heard a cacophony of whistles, jeers,…
Associated Press News
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in th
The Free Press (Tampa)
Dr. Rich SwierFormer MSNBC Host Joy Reid Admits Woman Fatally Shot In Minneapolis Was ‘ICE Interrupter’
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid admitted during a Monday interview with podcaster Angela Yee that Renee Nicole Good was part of a group of “ICE interrupters” that sought to obstruct federal immigration enforcement. Good was fatally shot by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a Jan. 7 enforcement operation, raising tensions between state […] Former MSNBC Host Joy Reid Admits Woman Fatally Shot In Minneapolis Was ‘ICE…
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