12 Minneapolis anti-ICE agitators arrested after massive crowd gathers outside Hilton hotel

At slightest 12 anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators were arrested Thursday nighttime aft a monolithic assemblage gathered extracurricular a Hilton edifice successful Minneapolis adjacent the University of Minnesota.

Video showed a tiny radical of agitators gathering extracurricular the Graduate by Hilton Hotel astatine astir 9 p.m., with the assemblage swelling to an estimated 150 to 175 people.

Agitators were seen blowing whistles, banging pots and pans, shaking metallic barricades and striking the rails acceptable up extracurricular the property. One idiosyncratic was besides seen playing what appeared to beryllium a trombone.

Roughly 2 hours later, officers were seen descending connected the country with constabulary declaring an unlawful assembly implicit a loudspeaker and ordering the assemblage to disperse. Footage besides showed a little standoff betwixt constabulary and remaining agitators earlier the assemblage thinned.

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Law enforcement officers respond to an anti-ICE objection extracurricular the Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis adjacent the University of Minnesota connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Fox)

In a statement, the assemblage said 12 radical were arrested successful full — 11 for disorderly behaviour and 1 for harm to property.

The assemblage said officers issued 5 abstracted orders to disperse earlier making arrests. Authorities said agitators had been allowed to assemble extracurricular the edifice for much than 13 hours crossed 4 abstracted protestation events earlier constabulary intervened, citing the request to equilibrium escaped code rights with nationalist safety.

"The University and UMPD, arsenic portion of our mission, enactment the close to prosecute successful peaceful protestation and are committed to the information of our field community," the assemblage said successful a statement.

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Protesters stitchery on barricades during an anti-ICE objection extracurricular the Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis adjacent the University of Minnesota connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Fox)

University officials said the Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis is not owned oregon operated by the university, but sits connected university-owned land, making field constabulary liable for instrumentality enforcement astatine the site.

Demonstrations person occurred play since January, usually connected Thursdays, implicit claims that ICE agents antecedently stayed astatine the hotel.

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Aerial footage shows instrumentality enforcement and protesters during an anti-ICE objection extracurricular Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis adjacent the University of Minnesota connected Feb. 5, 2026.  (Fox)

It comes arsenic borderline czar Tom Homan announced the contiguous drawdown of 700 unit from Minnesota, effectual Wednesday, though 2,000 officers volition remain.

Minneapolis has go a flash constituent for clashes betwixt national migration enforcement agents and agitators, peculiarly aft the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.