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Over the weekend, a group of anti-ICE protestors stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, interrupting the Sunday morning service. The act caught the attention of the Trump administration, with White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson accusing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of “whipp[ing] these rioters into a frenzy and turn[ing] them loose to wreak havoc.”
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From Fox News:
Jackson was reacting to a mob comprised of dozens of agitators allegedly storming into the Cities Church sanctuary in St. Paul on Sunday midway through church services, throwing worship into chaos, Fox Digital previously reported. Protesters claimed the pastor was a local ICE official.
Department of Justice officials vowed Sunday to open an investigation into the disruption, specifically probing for federal civil rights violations “by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshipers,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi added in a statement Sunday that “attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law.”
You can see a video of Sunday morning’s protest below:
🚨BREAKING: William Kelly and a mob of anti-ICE extremists stormed a Cities Church in Minneapolis, disrupting a worship service and hurling baseless accusations that one of the church’s lead pastors is an ICE agent. pic.twitter.com/QYl7q9gkwz
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 18, 2026
This comes after weeks of heightened tensions in Minnesota. Aiming to address the fraud being perpetrated in large by the state’s Somali community, President Trump sent ICE officers into the state. One activist, Renee Good, was killed during a confrontation in which she attempted to drive into an ICE officer. Ever since then, frequent anti-ICE protests have been held around the country, with many taking place in Minnesota.
The DOJ is already working to charge people over this. In an interview with conservative influencer Benny Johnson, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the DOJ, called it a “very serious matter,” stressing that “nobody should think in the United States that they’re going to be able to get away with this.” She even announced that the DOJ is bringing charges against Don Lemon, former CNN host, under the FACE Act and the KKK Act. You can here more from Dhillon and more about these charges in the interview below.
BREAKING: DOJ Announces Intention to Charge Don Lemon under the Ku Klux Klan Act.
The KKK Act makes it illegal to threaten, hurt, or intimidate people to prevent them from exercising their God-given rights.
HARMEET DHILLON: “The Klan Act is one of the most important federal… pic.twitter.com/GWnXAMtWc9
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 19, 2026
It is sad to see that these protests are now reaching even the churches of America, but it is, unfortunately, not surprising. Let’s pray for the protection of believers, for the protection of ICE officers, and for all those who threatened these congregants to face justice!
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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Screenshot/I Meme Therefore I Am via X)
