ICE Reportedly Sent an Undercover Agent With a Wire Into a Church Protected by Court Order

Church groups say an undercover ICE agent entered a Minneapolis church, while the government disputes that the operation breached an injunction (Credit: usicegov / Wikimedia Commons)

Church groups have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to examine whether a May undercover operation at University Baptist Church in Minneapolis violated an injunction restricting immigration-enforcement activity at certain places of worship.

In a motion filed on 20 August, the plaintiffs said an undercover federal agent entered the church on 28 May and attended a martial arts training session in its gymnasium while carrying a concealed body-worn audio recorder.