A Liberian man has been detained and detained since Minnesota immigration agents broke his door He was released again on Friday, hours after a routine check with authorities led to his second arrest.
Meanwhile, state authorities have a message in response to weekend protests against the Trump administration. Unprecedented immigration sweepIn the Twin Cities: Avoid confrontation.
“While peaceful speech is protected, any behavior that harms people, destroys property or endangers public safety will not be tolerated,” Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson said.
His comments come a day after President Donald Trump slightly backed down on his threats Invoking the 1807 lawthe Insurrection Act, sending troops to suppress demonstrations.
“I don’t see any reason to use it right now, but if I need it, I will use it,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
custodial whipping
Garrison Gibson’s dramatic first arrest last weekend was caught on video. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan Arrest ruled illegal He was released Thursday, but Gibson was detained again when he appeared at an immigration office on Friday.
Attorney Mark Prokosh said Gibson was free again hours later.
“In my client’s words, he said someone from ICE said they called the police, so they re-released him this afternoon, so he was released,” Prokosh said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Gibson was one of more than 2,500 people arrested during a week-long immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and St. Paul, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Since the incident, the actions have intensified and the confrontation has become more intense. Renee Good was shot and killed on January 7.
Gibson, 37, fled civil war in his West African homeland as a child and was later ordered to leave the United States, apparently because of a 2008 drug conviction that was later dismissed. Prokos said he remained in the country legally under a so-called supervision order and complied with requirements to meet regularly with immigration authorities.
In Thursday’s order, the judge agreed that officials violated regulations by failing to provide Gibson with adequate notice that his supervisory status had been revoked. Prokosh said ICE told him they were “now working through the appropriate channels” to rescind the order.
Native Americans urged to carry ID
Meanwhile, tribal leaders and Native American rights groups recommend that anyone with a tribal ID card carry it in public to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from approaching them.
Native Americans across the United States have reported being stopped or detained by ICE, and tribal leaders have asked members to report these encounters.
Ben Barnes, chief of Oklahoma’s Shawnee Tribe and president of the United Indians of Oklahoma, called the reports “deeply concerning.”
Organizers in Minneapolis have set up application kiosks in the city to help people who need tribal ID cards.
Democratic members of Congress held a meeting on the ground Friday to hear from people who said they had had heated conflicts with immigration agents. Sao Paulo Mayor Kaohly Her, who is Hmong-American, said people would walk around with their passports in case they were questioned, and she had received reports of ICE agents going door-to-door “asking Asians where they live.” Since the 1970s, thousands of Hmong people, mainly from the Southeast Asian country of Laos, have settled in the United States.
911 caller: Goode shot at ‘close range’
Minneapolis authorities released police and fire department dispatch logs and 911 call records, all related to Goode’s shooting. Firefighters found two gunshot wounds to her right chest, one to her left forearm and a possible gunshot wound to the left side of her head, records show.
“They shot her because she wouldn’t open the car door,” one caller said. “Shooting at point-blank range in her car.”
Goode, 37, drove her Honda pilot, partially blocking a street. The video shows an officer approaching the SUV, asking her to open the door and grab the handle.
Goode began pulling forward and turning the wheels to the right. Another ICE officer, Jonathan Ross, drew his gun. close range shootingHe jumped back as the SUV passed him. Homeland Security claims agents shot Goode in self-defense.
Arrested in FBI vehicle incident
FBI Director Kash Patel said at least one person has been arrested for stealing property from an FBI vehicle in Minneapolis. The SUV was among the government vehicles whose windows were broken Wednesday night. Attorney General Pam Bondi said body armor and weapons were stolen.
The destruction occurred as agents responded to a shooting during an immigration arrest. Trump later said on social media that he would invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota officials did not stop the “professional agitators and insurrectionists” there.
Minnesota’s attorney general responded by saying he would sue if the president takes action.