Matt Sepik

Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry, and St.

Paul Mayor Kali Herr all received subpoenas as part of an investigation into allegations of impeding federal law enforcement.

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino says the operation will continue.

Despite documented instances of agents breaking into homes without warrants, he insists their tactics are constitutional.

Everything we do every day is legal, ethical, moral, well-grounded in law.

Among American Man, who is a naturalized U.S.

citizen with no criminal record, says agents looking for undocumented sex offenders broke down his door and arrested him Sunday.

They released him an hour later with no explanation.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

The injunction also prohibits agents from using pepper spray and similar weapons on protesters and from stopping drivers without probable cause.

Judge Kate Menendez says safely following agents at an appropriate distance, quote, does not by itself create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop.

Officers arrested lead plaintiff Susan Tincher December 9th as she was observing them.

They cut off her wedding ring, took her clothes, and detained the 55-year-old for five hours.

The plaintiffs provided extensive video evidence, but ICE agents did not testify.

The defense provided only a second-hand account from a field director.

Tincher says she'll persist in monitoring ICE.

For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.

The injunction prohibits agents from using crowd control weapons such as pepper spray on protesters and from stopping drivers without probable cause.

Judge Kate Menendez says safely following agents' vehicles does not by itself create reasonable suspicion to justify a stop.

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from six people who were detained or threatened by ICE last month.