Immigration agents deploy tear gas, pepper spray in Minneapolis as confrontations with protesters grow

Immigration agents deploy tear gas, pepper spray in Minneapolis as confrontations with protesters grow


The highly charged confrontations between protesters and immigration enforcement have been captured in various clips on social media, including posts showing agents asking people at an electric vehicle charging station if they are citizens and another in which protesters curse and scream as an agent appears to kneel on a man’s neck as officers arrest him. In Minneapolis on Tuesday, resistance to the presence of federal agents was represented by the smell of tear gas, which lingered in the air of a neighborhood following a clash between community members and immigration officers who said they were conducting an operation in the area. Another video of the second employee arrested showed the moment Border Patrol agents followed the employee as he recorded the agents and yelled “f--- you” before the agent tackled the employee to the ground at the store’s entrance.

Author: Shaquille Brewster, Natasha Korecki, Nicole Acevedo


Published at: 2026-01-13 22:43:15

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