"Videos of confrontations between ICE agents and Minneapolis residents have flooded social media, showing some of the 3,000 officers who are deployed in the city stopping, questioning and detaining residents. In one case, immigration agents escorted a US citizen a grandfather of Hmong ancestry out of his house in his underwear in freezing weather. In another case, the father of a five-year-old girl was briefly detained and zip-tied after he said a federal agent falsely accused him of not being a US citizen because of his accent."
"The agency is also under scrutiny for reportedly dispatching a five-year-old boy to knock on the front door of his home to lure relatives outside before agents then took the child into custody. The events have led to protests and prompted confusion over what ICE is legally allowed to do in public and private locations. Are there limits on when and how ICE can approach or detain people?"
Federal law grants immigration agents authority to arrest and detain people suspected of violating immigration rules, while the Fourth Amendment protects everyone against unreasonable searches and seizures. Recent incidents in Minneapolis include a US citizen fatally shot by a federal agent, residents escorted from homes in minimal clothing, a man briefly zip-tied after an alleged misidentification, and reports of a child used to lure relatives outside. Those events produced protests and heightened scrutiny of ICE tactics. Confusion persists over legal limits for encounters in public versus private spaces and whether court rulings affect aggressive enforcement methods.
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