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Maya Yang

US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota

A group of masked persons in tactical gear detaining a person on the ground.
Federal law enforcement officers detain a protester during a protest in Minnesota, on 17 January 2026. Photograph: Victor J Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

An appeals court has temporarily lifted restrictions from a federal judge in Minnesota that blocked ICE agents from pepper-spraying and arresting peaceful protesters.

In a victory for the Trump administration, the eighth US circuit court of appeals on Wednesday granted the justice department’s request for an administrative stay of a preliminary injunction issued last Friday by Judge Katherine Menendez.

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