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	Podcast:		Minnesota Today
	Episode:		Judge orders federal agents to not detain or arrest protesters or observers
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:16
	Publish Date:		2026-01-20 12:30:00
	Description:		The U.S. Department of Justice has filed notice that it’s appealing a judge’s order setting limits on federal agents’ actions against protesters in Minnesota. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez late last week ordered agents involved in the immigration crackdown in Minnesota to not detain or arrest protesters or observers, unless there’s reasonable suspicion or probable cause of a crime. The order also bars agents from using nonlethal munitions on peaceful protesters and bars them from stopping drivers who follow ICE to monitor operations. State Sen. John Hoffman is preparing for Minnesota’s next legislative session and running for a new term. Hoffman was shot in a June attack on him and his wife at their home. Authorities say the same gunman killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. But Hoffman won’t retreat from public life. He has reemerged for speaking engagements. He will soon preside over Senate committee hearings.
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