明尼苏达州已成为移民示威活动和与移民海关执法局(ICE)官员冲突的爆发点，促使美国司法部(DOJ)提起了一系列刑事指控
作者：布雷安妮·德皮施
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发布时间：2026年2月5日 美国东部时间下午12:43
汤姆·霍曼承诺特朗普政府”不会退缩”，数百名官员被调离明尼苏达州
“边境沙皇”汤姆·霍曼在《英格拉姆角度》节目中谈到，随着特朗普政府放松了在该州的移民执法力度，700名移民执法官员被调离明尼苏达州。
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联邦检察官已指控明尼苏达州150多名反ICE抗议者犯有从阻碍联邦特工到违反《 FACE法案》等各种罪行——这些罪行的处罚包括罚款至数年监禁——美国司法部警告称，类似行为将在全国范围内受到严厉起诉。
该州的反应为司法部如何在全国范围内平息类似抗议活动以及在特朗普第二任期内应对动荡提供了某种路线图。
自特朗普政府的移民执法行动”地铁突击行动”(Operation Metro Surge)开始以来，明尼苏达州已有150多名抗议者被捕，其中包括中断教堂礼拜的抗议者，以及阻碍、袭击或试图以其他方式限制该州ICE官员的人。随着政府计划在未来几周和几个月内将ICE官员部署到其他州，政府对这些抗议活动的反应可能会产生重大影响。
根据福克斯新闻数字版审查的刑事投诉和起诉书副本，这些人被指控违反《 FACE法案》、共谋指控以及阻碍联邦特工。这些罪名的定罪范围从罚款到数年监禁，这表明政府计划在其他州打击类似的抗议策略。
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抗议者在回应37岁的亚历克斯·普雷蒂(Alex Pretti)死亡的抗议活动中高呼口号并敲打垃圾桶。(亚当·格雷/美联社照片)(美联社照片/亚当·格雷)
“我们预计还会有更多逮捕行动，”司法部长帕姆·邦迪(Pam Bondi)上周在社交媒体上表示。
事实上，人们只需看看司法部已经对某些个人提起的起诉书，就可以了解政府可能试图起诉的行为和行动。
邦迪上周宣布逮捕了16名明尼苏达州抗议者，指控他们”涉嫌袭击联邦执法人员——这些人一直在抵抗和阻碍我们的联邦执法人员”。根据司法部发布的刑事投诉，所谓的行为包括使用多辆汽车”包围”联邦移民官员；在逮捕过程中向ICE官员吐口水；试图向ICE官员投掷砖块；以及其他阻碍和暴力行为。
一名男子据称开着货车跟踪海关和边境保护局(CBP)特工，然后手持棒球棍接近他们的车辆。
邦迪表示，这16人被指控违反《美国法典》第18编第111条，该条规定任何”强行袭击、抵抗、反对、阻碍、恐吓或干扰”正在履行公务的官员的个人都将受到惩罚。
根据额外因素——包括是否使用潜在危险武器以及是否造成人身伤害——该项罪名的定罪处罚从1年监禁到最高20年不等。如果增加其他违规行为，案件可能会判处更长的刑期。
司法部上周还对9人提起指控——其中包括两名记者——指控他们涉嫌参与明尼苏达州圣保罗市Cities Church的反ICE抗议活动。
正如福克斯新闻数字版此前报道的那样，视频显示这些人高呼”ICE滚出去”(ICE out)并中断礼拜。他们被起诉，罪名是涉嫌合谋侵犯他人宪法权利和违反《 FACE法案》。
1994年通过的《 FACE法案》是一项联邦法律，禁止使用武力、恐吓或阻碍故意”伤害、恐吓或干扰”个人在礼拜场所行使宗教自由的权利。
《 FACE法案》的违规行为处罚包括罚款至监禁，具体取决于指控的违规严重程度和其他相关因素。
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2025年10月12日，在俄勒冈州波特兰市，联邦特工在一个受保护的联邦大楼外与反ICE抗议者对峙。(Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty)
特朗普政府高级官员警告反ICE抗议者不要阻碍或干扰联邦移民官员，指出他们不会犹豫对其他发现从事非法行为的人提起刑事指控。
“我以前说过，现在还要再说一遍：没有什么能阻止特朗普总统和司法部执法，”邦迪上周表示。
除了已经获得的起诉书外，司法部还可能打击反ICE抗议者的各种行为，包括记者和社交媒体记录的行为，例如阻止ICE进入某些道路、要求官员在进入特定区域前分享身份信息，或试图监视、跟踪或向公众分享联邦官员的行动信息。
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“人们需要明白，他们的行为会有后果，阻碍、袭击和妨碍行为不会以抗议的名义受到保护，”国土安全调查局(HSI)代理主任约翰·康登(John Condon)在声明中表示。
这些警告发布之际，明尼苏达州近几周已成为移民抗议活动的爆发点，抗议该政府的”地铁突击行动”，该行动部署了约3000名ICE官员到该州。
上月，随着雷妮·古德(Renee Good)和亚历克斯·普雷蒂(Alex Pretti)在与联邦移民官员的单独对抗中被枪杀，那里的紧张局势达到了新的高度。霍曼周三表示，特朗普政府将从明尼苏达州撤离700名移民执法官员，尽管他强调减少部署取决于反ICE抗议者的合法性。目前估计有2000名ICE官员仍留在该州。
“抗议但要停止阻碍、停止干扰、停止违法——因为我们会逮捕你，”白宫边境沙皇汤姆·霍曼周三表示。
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From protest to felony: the lines Minnesota anti-ICE agitators may be crossing
Minnesota has emerged as a flashpoint for immigration demonstrations and clashes with ICE officers, prompting DOJ to file a flurry of criminal charges
By Breanne Deppisch
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Published February 5, 2026 12:43pm EST
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Federal prosecutors have charged more than 150 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota with crimes ranging from obstruction of federal agents to FACE Act violations — offenses that carry penalties from fines to years in prison — as the Justice Department warns that similar conduct will be prosecuted aggressively nationwide.
The response in the state offers a roadmap of sorts for how the Justice Department could move to quash similar protests nationwide and respond to unrest during Trump’s second presidential term.
In Minnesota, more than 150 protesters have been arrested since the start of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation, “Operation Metro Surge,” including protesters who interrupted a church service, and others who blocked, assaulted, or attempted to otherwise restrict ICE officers in the state. The administration’s response to these protests could prove telling as it moves to deploy ICE officers to other states in the weeks and months ahead.
These individuals have been charged with FACE Act violations, conspiracy charges, and obstruction of federal agents, according to copies of criminal complaints and indictments reviewed by Fox News Digital. Convictions on any of these charges range from fines to years in prison, in a sign of the administration’s plans to crack down on similar protest tactics in other states.
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Protesters chant and bang on trash cans during a protest in response to the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. (Adam Gray/AP Photo)(AP Photo/Adam Gray)
“We expect more arrests to come,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media last week.
In fact, individuals need not look much further than indictments the Justice Department has already secured against certain individuals as an indication of the behavior and actions it may seek to prosecute.
Bondi last week announced the arrests of 16 Minnesota protesters for “allegedly assaulting federal law enforcement — people who have been resisting and impeding our federal law enforcement agents.” According to a criminal complaint published by the Justice Department, the alleged actions include the use of multiple vehicles to “box in” federal immigration officers; spitting on ICE officers during an arrest; attempting to throw a brick at an ICE officer; and other obstructive and violent actions.
One individual allegedly followed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in his van before approaching their vehicle with a baseball bat in hand.
Bondi said the 16 individuals in question have been charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 111, which punishes any individual who “forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes” with officials engaged in carrying out their official duties.
Penalties for a conviction on the charge range from one year in prison to up to 20 years, depending on additional factors — including the involvement of a potentially dangerous weapon and whether bodily injuries were suffered. If additional violations are tacked on, the cases could carry longer sentences.
The Justice Department separately announced charges against nine individuals — including two journalists — last week for allegedly participating in the anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The individuals were seen in video chanting “ICE out,” and interrupting the service, as Fox News Digital previously reported. They were indicted on charges of allegedly conspiring to violate someone’s constitutional rights and FACE Act violations.
The FACE Act, passed in 1994, is a federal law that prohibits the use of force, intimidation, or obstruction to deliberately “injure, intimidate, or interfere” with an individual’s ability to exercise their right to religious freedom at a place of worship.
FACE Act violations carry penalties ranging from fines to prison time, depending on the severity of the violation alleged and other contributing factors.
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Federal agents confront anti-I.C.E. protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Oct. 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.(Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty)
Senior Trump administration officials have warned anti-ICE protesters against obstructing or otherwise interfering with federal immigration officers, noting that they would not hesitate to pursue criminal charges against others found to be engaging in illegal behavior.
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: NOTHING will stop President Trump and this Department of Justice from enforcing the law,” Bondi said last week.
In addition to the indictments already secured, the Justice Department could crack down on a wide range of behavior by anti-ICE protesters, including behavior documented by reporters and on social media, such as blocking ICE access to certain roadways, demanding that officers share identifying information before entering certain areas, or attempting to surveil, track, or share information about the movements of federal officers with members of the public.
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“People need to understand their actions have consequences and that obstruction, assault and impeding are not protected under the disguise of protesting,” John Condon, the acting director of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), said in a statement.
The warnings come as Minnesota has emerged in recent weeks as a flashpoint for immigration protests in response to the administration’s “Operation Metro Surge,” which saw the deployment of some 3,000 ICE officers to the state.
Tensions there soared to a new fever pitch last month following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were killed in separate confrontations with federal immigration officers. Homan said Wednesday that the Trump administration will remove 700 immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota, though he stressed the reduction is contingent on the lawfulness of anti-ICE protesters. An estimated 2,000 ICE officers will remain in the state for now.
“Protest but stop impeding, stop interfering, stop violating the law — because we will arrest you,” White House border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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