Minnesota Anti-ICE Charges

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charged 15 people with conspiring to impede or injure federal officers during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis earlier this year. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said the defendants were tied to Minneapolis-based activist networks, including Direct Action Minnesota, and described them as affiliated with “antifa” groups that organized blockades, confrontations and other efforts to obstruct ICE operations. The indictment includes allegations of assault on federal officers, threats, stalking, destruction of government property and coordinated actions around federal facilities during “Operation Metro Surge.” Authorities said most of the defendants had been arrested or taken into custody as the Justice Department and Homeland Security framed the case as a major response to violence against immigration agents.