January 22, 2026: ICE Memo Authorizes Certain Warrantless Entries, 5-Year-Old Boy Detained, Minnesota Church Protesters Arrested, Trump's World Economic Forum Speech, and More.
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What happened during the Minnesota church protests?
Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to Unbiased Politics. Today is Thursday, January 22nd. Let's talk about some news. So we're going to start with this story about the Minneapolis church protesters, and then that'll segue us into this new internal ICE memo. It's actually not a new memo, but it is now in the news that apparently gives ICE the ability to enter homes without a judicial warrant. So both stories kind of have to do with ICE. We'll use one to segue into the other. On Sunday, protesters walked into a St. Paul church in Minnesota during an ongoing service over a pastor's possible role as an ICE lead.
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Now, notably, the pastor in question, he was not present for Sunday's services. But despite that, protesters entered the church and started shouting things like justice for Renee Good, ICE out, and shame on you. St. Paul police officers arrived to the church at about 1040 in the morning after receiving 30 to 40 calls that protesters had interrupted church services. But by the time the officers actually arrived on scene, the protesters had moved outside the church and they were headed down a nearby alley. In response to that protest, church leadership released a statement that reads in part, quote, On Sunday, January 18th, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering.
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They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat. Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated. Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus or any other act of worship is protected by neither the Christian scriptures nor the laws of this nation." Then on Tuesday, so a couple days after the protest, the same protesters then went to the Hennepin County Government Center calling for the resignation of the pastor. So they were protesting there. And then most recently, as of today, the FBI said that it's arrested at least three people who were involved in Sunday's church protests. But the FBI did not go as far as to say what charges those three individuals were facing.
Now, as far as how involved this pastor is with ICE, what we know is that the pastor's name is David Easterwood. And a man named David Easterwood is also the acting field office director for ICE in Minnesota.
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However, it has not yet been officially confirmed whether the acting director is the same David Easterwood listed as a pastor on the church's website. The church did not deny it in their statement, but it hasn't been confirmed at this point. So since then, the FBI announced the arrest of three individuals and the DOJ's Civil Rights Division said that it is looking into filing charges against additional protesters using two federal laws. So the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, better known as the FACE Act, as well as the Ku Klux Klan Act or KKK Act. Keep in mind that at a high level, the DOJ does three kinds of work depending on which office is involved. So the role that most people are familiar with is the DOJ as a prosecutor.
When it comes to criminal cases, DOJ attorneys decide whether charges should be filed, they decide what charges to bring, and they decide how to argue the case in court, right?
Why did the DOJ subpoena Minnesota officials?
The DOJ essentially acts as the government's lawyer. But keep in mind that in that prosecutorial role, the prosecutors are not investigating the crimes themselves. They rely on evidence from the various law enforcement agencies and then prosecute accordingly. But then you have the DOJ as a civil rights enforcer. So the DOJ has a specific division called the Civil Rights Division.
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And through that office, the DOJ can investigate whether civil rights laws have been violated. So in its role as a civil rights enforcer,
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it plays more of an investigatory role than it does when it's only acting as a prosecutor. So in this specific case, in the church protest case, the DOJ Civil Rights Division is investigating whether the protesters' actions could have violated civil rights statutes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened during the Minnesota church protests?
0:00–0:48
2
What does the new ICE memo say about warrantless home entries?
0:48–1:34
3
What are the implications of the Supreme Court case Trump vs. Cook?
1:34–2:45
4
What key points did Trump make in his World Economic Forum speech?
2:45–3:48
5
Why did the DOJ subpoena Minnesota officials?
3:48–4:14
6
What are the latest developments in the Quick Hitters segment?
4:14–4:23
7
What details are known about the detention of a five-year-old boy by ICE?
4:23–4:43
8
What critical thinking questions arise from the child's detention?
4:43–43:42
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