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Eleven states and the District of Columbia ban concealed weapons at demonstrations and protests, and 11 states and the district ban open carry of weapons at demonstrations or protests, according to a tracker assembled by the anti gun-violence group Giffords. Of these, seven states and D.C. ban both.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek that ICE officers are now facing "a 1,300 percent increase in assaults."
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
With throngs of people in Minnesota protesting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge, President Donald Trump and some of his allies repeatedly described the protesters as paid. "The thugs that are protesting include many highly paid professional agitators and anarchists," he said Jan. 18 on Truth Social.
People gathered outside a hotel in Minneapolis to protest the business allegedly renting rooms to federal agents.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Horizon Events Center with demonstrations fueled largely by outrage over two killings in Minneapolis.
Massive protests rocked Iran in recent weeks but appear to have largely subsided after a brutal crackdown that has left at least 3,117 dead, according to official figures
Iranian state media highlight U.S. unrest over protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).