The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and other Democratic officials accused of working to obstruct law enforcement during the federal immigration crackdown.
Speaking on Fox News, Attorney General Pam Bondi said: “Whether it’s a public official, whether it’s a law enforcement officer, no one is above the law in this state or in this country, and people will be held accountable.” She added, “This state is a mess right now. We’ve seen the chaos and it’s constant. And our men and women in law enforcement deserve to be safe.”
At the same time, the activist group 50501 called for a nationwide walkout at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday. On its website, the group said the action was meant to protest what it described as “an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks on our trans siblings, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent.” Walkouts were held at workplaces, schools, and commercial hubs across the U.S.
What to Know
- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has invited President Donald Trump to visit the state as rhetoric intensifies and the federal immigration crackdown expands in the region.
- In a post on X, Walz urged Trump to help “restore calm and order” after multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shootings sparked mass protests, and to witness “how the spirit of this state refuses to be defined by division or fear.”
- Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota amid backlash to what officials describe as one of the largest federal immigration operations in U.S. history.
- Protests erupted in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed a mother of three on January 7.
- Minnesota’s attorney general, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, filed suit against the federal government over the immigration crackdown—an action the DOJ has dismissed as “frivolous.”
- A church service in the Twin Cities, led by an ICE field agent, was disrupted by protesters on Sunday morning.
- The DOJ has launched an investigation into that disruption, with Bondi calling it an attack “against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians.”
