Cat Lonsdorf

Hey, good morning.

Well, it was relatively quiet here last night.

It's really cold.

It's in the single digits and it's been snowing, so it's possible folks are hunkered down inside.

But people are still really on edge.

Just to give you a sense, Scott, driving around, you'll see people standing on the corners and neighborhoods wearing whistles, ready to blow them and alert their neighbors if ice shows up.

There's a lot of skepticism around unfamiliar cars in the areas, especially ones with out-of-state license plates.

And many restaurants, if they're open, are keeping their doors locked, letting customers in as they come, but keeping federal agents out.

It's just a pretty tense environment.

Yeah, exactly.

There are some 2,500 federal immigration officers on the ground and more expected soon, according to DHS.

That's more than four times the number of local Minneapolis police officers.

And protests against that surge and the arrests are still happening, too, many of which have been met with aggression.

We've seen ICE officers using tear gas, flashbangs, pepper balls to disperse crowds.

But late last night, a federal judge here issued a preliminary injunction restricting federal agents from retaliating against people, quote, engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity.

Well, it's really hard to say.

The Insurrection Act is a 200-year-old law that, if invoked, would allow Trump to deploy the military to Minneapolis for law enforcement purposes, essentially.

Many legal experts I've talked to in the past few days have told me that the situation here in Minneapolis right now just doesn't meet the criteria to justify that.

Here's Joseph Nunn.

He's an attorney at the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program.