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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

The shift comes as the Trump administration dramatically expands immigration arrests nationwide, deploying thousands of officers under a mass deportation campaign that is already reshaping enforcement tactics in cities such as Minneapolis.

For years, immigrant advocates, legal aid groups and local governments have urged people not to open their doors to immigration agents unless they are shown a warrant signed by a judge. That guidance is rooted in Supreme Court rulings that generally prohibit law enforcement from entering a home without judicial approval. The ICE directive directly undercuts that advice at a time when arrests are accelerating under the administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Minnesota AG Ellison says anti-ICE protesters who stormed church didn’t violate FACE Act

Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison rejects remarks from the Department of Justice that the protesters who stormed a church over the weekend are in violation of the FACE Act.

Over the weekend, a group of anti-ICE protesters stormed St. Paul’s Cities Church during a morning service.

The protesters accused the church’s pastor, David Eastwood, of being the acting ICE field office director in Minnesota.

As a result of the protest, officials at the DOJ said that the protesters may have violated the FACE Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act.

Former CNN host Don Lemon was also at the church storming and he was put “on notice” by the Trump administration.

Ellison went on Lemon’s YouTube show and said the FACE Act is only for reproductive rights.

“And the FACE Act, by the way, is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights… so that people for a religious reason cannot just use religion to break into women’s reproductive health centers,” Ellison said, according to Fox News.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice, Harmeet Dhillon said on X that a house of worship is not a forum for protest.

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CONFIRMED: Indictments Coming for Don Lemon After MN Church Stunt

Legal analyst Mike Davis accused the Biden Justice Department of politicizing and weaponizing federal law to target political opponents while shielding ideological allies, arguing that the same statutes previously used against Christians will now be applied to left-wing activists and media figures who disrupted church services.

Davis made the remarks during an exchange with conservative commentator Benny Johnson, who asked Davis to outline how a case could be built against activists and media figures involved in the recent disruption of a Christian church service.

“Obviously you have been going hard in the paint on this because you have seen how this statute was weaponized by the Biden administration, and the left has absolutely no accountability here,” Johnson said.

“So why don’t we start from the get, and you can build off of what Harmeet said yesterday. How would you build out a case against these BLM terrorists and Don Lemon who stormed this church?”

Davis responded by pointing to what he described as a clear pattern of selective enforcement under the Biden-Harris administration.

“Well, I would use the Biden Justice Department playbook to build this case,” Davis said.

“Remember, under the Biden Justice Department with Attorney General Merrick Garland and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Christian Clark, three radicals, Lisa Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General for radicals, they politicized and weaponized the Justice Department to go after their political enemies and to protect their allies.”

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Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota

Governor Tim Walz threatened to command the state National Guard to attack federal agents. “We do not need any further help from the federal government. To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you’ve done enough. I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” Walz said in a press event. “We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary. I remind you, a warning order is a heads-up for folks,” Walz said. “Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.” Now, Washington is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy US troops to Minnesota.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, ” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

We live in a world where states are openly defying the federal government, toying with the idea of separatism, as politics have become too divided for the states to remain united. The 1807 Insurrection Act permits US presidents to unilaterally deploy federal military personnel within the US to restore law and order.

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Minnesota Transgender State Rep. Leigh Finke Calls on Anti-ICE Protestors to Storm More Churches

Minnesota transgender State Rep. Leigh Finke called on leftists to storm more churches in protest of ICE.

Far-left anti-ICE protestors stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday.

Former CNN host Don Lemon livestreamed the crime.

Parishioners and children were terrified as leftists, led by BLM activist Nikema Armstrong shouted down the pastor.

The Justice Department is currently investigating for potential violations of the federal FACE Act.

“The FACE Act is a long-standing federal statute that prohibits force, threats, obstruction, any kind of interference with a religious place of worship. And it carries criminal penalties and violations,” DOJ official Alina Habba said on Monday.

However, Leigh Finke said anti-ICE protestors must continue to storm churches until “ICE is out of our state.”

Full statement from Leigh Finke:

Yesterday protesters disrupted services at Cities Church in Saint Paul, where the leader of the local I.C.E. office also serves as pastor.

The protest has caused outrage, promises of retribution and prosecution, and the usual round of upset. But it has had me thinking for the past 24 hours of the actions of Act Up and WHAM, in 1989, who staged a die in and protest in St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. An action that similarly brought condemnation during a time when an out of control crisis was left to its destruction for far too long.

Actions like this—nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction or oppression—are essential. And they must continue until I.C.E. is out of our state, the administration is out of the White House, and dignity and humanity for all of our neighbors is achieved.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day in America. Dr. King knew that injustice must be confronted. He knew the moral conscience of the nation must be made to hear the desperate plight of those who are suffering. He knew that the only way to achieve this at national scale was for people to rise up together in nonviolent revolution until all were free.

So did Act UP, and so do the people of Minneapolis. I.C.E. OUT

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From Sanctuary to Subpoena?: Walz and Frey’s Little Rebellion Just Got a Federal Wake-Up Call

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche accused a governor and a mayor of actively encouraging actions that obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, calling such conduct illegal under federal law and saying elected officials should be supporting, not undermining, federal officers.

Blanche made the remarks while addressing what he described as public statements and actions by state and local leaders that he said have encouraged individuals to interfere with ICE agents as they carry out their duties.

He said federal law is clear that officers must be allowed to perform their jobs without interference, regardless of who is doing the obstructing.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche accused a governor and a mayor of actively encouraging actions that obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, calling such conduct illegal under federal law and saying elected officials should be supporting, not undermining, federal officers.

Blanche made the remarks while addressing what he described as public statements and actions by state and local leaders that he said have encouraged individuals to interfere with ICE agents as they carry out their duties.

He said federal law is clear that officers must be allowed to perform their jobs without interference, regardless of who is doing the obstructing.

“You saw the governor and the mayor actively encouraging, encouraging criminals to go out on the street and impede ICE that is not allowed under our law,” Blanche said.

“When a Federal officer is out doing their job, they have to be allowed to do their jobs.”

Blanche said the Justice Department found it necessary to confront the situation directly because of what he characterized as a breakdown in support from state and local leadership.

He said it was troubling that federal officials had to intervene to address the conduct of elected leaders.

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DOJ Now Investigating Disgraced Don Lemon and Radical Anti-ICE Mob for Potential Criminal Violations Following Minneapolis Church Disruption

A full-blown assault on Christian worship unfolded Sunday morning in Minnesota as a radical anti-ICE mob stormed a church service, shut down prayer, and harassed parishioners while disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon live-streamed the chaos.

The mob descended on the sanctuary because the church’s pastor reportedly also serves as a field director with ICE.

Lemon telegraphed his stunt the day before, boasting on Instagram that he was headed to Minnesota to “report on ICE” and urging followers to tune in to his live broadcast.

On Sunday, cameras rolled as agitators shouted down the pastor, disrupted prayer, and scattered congregants.

“This is the beginning of what’s going to happen here,” Lemon said on his stream as the service was derailed. Moments later, he admitted the obvious: “They’ve stopped the service—a lot of people have left.”

This wasn’t reporting. It was participation.

Far-left activist Nekima Levy Armstrong publicly praised the disruption on social media, thanking a roster of agitators and media allies—including Lemon, while declaring “judgment” had come to the “House of God.” The post reads like a victory lap over silencing Christian worship.

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Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego Calls for ICE to be “Totally Torn Down” – Calls ICE Trump’s “Goon Squad” that’s Not Going After Criminals

Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego on Sunday said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is Trump’s personal “good squad” and should be “totally torn down.”

“I think ICE needs to be totally torn down. It has to be, you know, created in the image of what people want,” Gallego told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.

It should be remembered that more than 77 million Americans voted for Donald Trump to surge ICE into cities and execute mass deportations. Most people want this.

Gallego then accused ICE of not going after criminals, using warrants to arrest illegal aliens, or being focused on national security.

Instead, it’s a “goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Donald Trump,” he said.

He further likened the agency to a “third-world police force.”

“What we’re seeing right now is not what we want from ICE. And we can create and have a force that’s actually focused on immigration and on security and not this type of intimidation that’s happening right now,” Gallego said. 

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ICE Agent Calls Out MN Protesters for Disrupting Child Sex Offender Arrest

A viral video circulating on social media Sunday appeared to show agitators interfering with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation targeting an alleged child sex offender in Minnesota, prompting responses from federal officials and senior members of President Donald Trump’s administration.

The video, which was posted to X and viewed more than 750,000 times within hours, shows an ICE agent confronting individuals in St. Paul who he said were disrupting federal officers as they attempted to take a suspect into custody.

According to the agent, the interference included repeated honking from nearby vehicles as officers worked to make the arrest.

“We’re here to arrest a child sex offender and you guys are out here honking,” the agent says in the video.

“No, we’re press,” someone off-camera responds.

“We’re not honking.”

The agent then gestures toward a nearby vehicle and continues addressing those filming.

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MN governor threatens to call up National Guard in response to ICE

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) continues to defy President Donald Trump’s efforts to round up and deport dangerous illegal alien criminals. Walz recently declared that Minnesota does not need any further help from the federal government in dealing with political unrest, and he issued a threat.

“I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard. We have soldiers in training prepared to be deployed if necessary,” stated Walz.

This comes after the Minneapolis shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, who was shot after defying orders from federal ICE agents to stop her vehicle, then trying to run them over. Associated Press reported that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeled this as an “act of terrorism,” standing firm that ICE was not leaving the state despite the protest of Walz and others.

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