The agitators targeted a church, believing that a pastor there works for ICE.
By Catholics for Catholics
The anti-ICE protestors who stormed into a Minneapolis Church during Sunday service are being investigated by the Trump administration.
On Sunday, dozens of protestors erupted into the Cities Church sanctuary about halfway through the service, churchgoers told Fox News Digital. The mob thundered into the temple, believing that one of the pastors is the acting director of ICE’s St. Paul field office.
Religious liberty was violated today as Anti-ICE protestors interrupted a Christian church in Minneapolis, shouting and shaming parishioners during worship.
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Top-level members of Trump’s administration vowed a probe after the disturbance. “I just spoke to the Pastor in Minnesota whose church was targeted. Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.
“If state leaders refuse to act responsibly to prevent lawlessness, this Department of Justice will remain mobilized to prosecute federal crimes and ensure that the rule of law prevails,” she added.
In addition, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary blasted the attack against the church in a statement on social media. Videos of the event showed a crowd interrupting the church service with mayhem. The churchgoers told Fox that agitators trailed them into the parking lot as they attempted to leave the scene, with some surrounding vehicles and trying to block them from leaving.
“President Trump will not tolerate the intimidation and harassment of Christians in their sacred places of worship,” Leavitt said.
“The Department of Justice has launched a full investigation into the despicable incident that took place earlier today at a church in Minnesota,” she continued.
"The people who did this made a BIG, BIG MISTAKE."
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 19, 2026
Asst. AG @HarmeetKDhillon says the people who coordinated and participated in the storming of a Minneapolis church over the weekend will be met with the full force of the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/vBIO8eJWdg
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, said she and her team are “hard at work” investigating the incident.
“We will not rest until we are able to deliver justice,” Dhillon said in a statement.
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