Justice Department Appeals Limits on ICE in Minnesota

Justice Department Appeals Limits on ICE in Minnesota

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents confront protestors in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Jan. 12, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Attorneys for the Trump administration notified a Minnesota court on Monday they were appealing a judge’s order that placed restrictions on federal immigration officers, barring them from using pepper spray or other nonlethal munitions and crowd-dispersal tools against peaceful protesters.

In a short notice filed with Judge Kate Menendez at the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, who ruled on the case three days earlier, Justice Department lawyers said they would challenge the judge’s restrictions at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

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