Anti-ICE agitators set up a checkpoint on a Minneapolis street to stop the vehicles
The agitators can be seen standing on the road near temporary barriers and traffic cones while stopping or signaling passing vehicles.
In one clip, an agitator wearing a black coat and black mask is seen approaching a parked vehicle and directly asking the driver if they are “ICE,” before allowing the vehicle to move forward.
“It appears in our system that your plates come in as an ICE plate,” the instigator said to the driver.
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Agitators at a barricade on Cedar Street near 34th Street as a checkpoint to screen ICE and federal immigration enforcement vehicles entering the Powderhorn neighborhood in south Minneapolis. (Richard Tsung-Tattari/Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
“This does not appear to be the case,” he added. “I just want to come over and ask what’s going on and see how you’re doing.”
The instigator also asked the driver his name.
“He’s obviously Somali,” one of them was heard saying.
Journalist Jorge Ventura I took video from the scene of the accident. Ventura asked the agitator what system they used, asked how the group identified vehicles, and pointed out that the driver was not a federal agent.
A video shows an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitator approaching a car and questioning the driver during a makeshift checkpoint on a residential street in Minneapolis. (X/VenturaReport)
The instigator responded that ICE agents were renting a large number of vehicles and said the vehicle would be removed “from the list.”
The instigator acknowledged that the encounter was publicized on social media, but said many nearby residents support the effort.
“A lot of neighbors support what we are doing,” the instigator said. “Very happy to be here.”
Ventura said the instigators were parking vehicles on Cedar Street, which runs through the heavily Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside, known as “Little Mogadishu.” They were stopping vehicles, checking drivers’ IDs and checking license plates through what they described as a “database,” he said, adding that no Minneapolis police officers were observed at the scene.
Agitators built a barricade on Cedar Street near 34th Street as a checkpoint to screen federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles entering the Powderhorn neighborhood in south Minneapolis. (Richard Tsung-Tattari/Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
The activity appears to have occurred entirely on a public street, where the agitators have effectively set up what looks like an unofficial checkpoint intended to identify or track people. Federal immigration agents Working in the city.
the Minneapolis Police Department Fox News Digital said the roadblocks have been removed. It is unclear whether any arrests have been made.
“A public works team – with assistance from the Minneapolis Police Department – removed debris and homemade roadblocks yesterday,” the department said. “Due to the high traffic and high speed on the roads on Cedar Street, the city has evacuated the streets to ensure the overall safety of the neighborhoods and emergency vehicles.”
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The video appeared amid escalating surrounding tensions Immigration enforcement in Minnesotawhere anti-customs activists have staged repeated protests and confrontations linked to federal operations in recent weeks.
It comes after the shooting deaths of Renee Judd and Alex Peretti in Minneapolis during separate federal enforcement actions, incidents that have intensified unrest and scrutiny surrounding Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s activity in the city.
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