Noem says 'arrests coming' after anti-ICE mob targeted Minnesota church

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared that arrests are coming aft an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mob targeted a religion successful Minnesota implicit the weekend. 

In a station connected X, Noem said the individuals were "emboldened by the reckless rhetoric from Minnesota's sanctuary politicians and the media," and that, "The First Amendment protects code and peaceful assembly – not rioting." 

"This medication is committed to upholding national instrumentality and defending the rights of each Americans. These agitators volition beryllium held accountable," she added, sharing a clip of a Newsmax quality Tuesday during which Noem said the arrests would beryllium happening "in the adjacent respective hours." 

The Department of Homeland Security did not instantly respond Wednesday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.

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Kristi Noem, caput of the Department of Homeland Security, is seen during an presumption of bid ceremonial astatine the U.S. Coast Guard office successful Washington, D.C., connected Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Luke Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Video showed the radical chanting "Justice for Renee Good" wrong Cities Church successful St. Paul, Minn., arsenic a work began Sunday, raising concerns among instrumentality enforcement and spiritual leaders astir agitators targeting houses of worship amid escalating anti-ICE demonstrations crossed the Twin Cities. 

In 1 video circulating online, agitators tin beryllium heard chanting, "Justice for Renee Good," and "Who needs justice, we request justice," arsenic they stood wrong the religion during the service. 

In different clip, the idiosyncratic filming says demonstrators positioned themselves successful the mediate of the sanctuary arsenic the pastor was speaking. The idiosyncratic filming past described the disruption arsenic a "clandestine mission" and claimed agitators had conscionable learned 1 of the pastors astatine the religion was connected to ICE.

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Anti-ICE agitators targeted the Cities Church successful St. Paul, Minn., connected Sunday, shouting astatine churchgoers successful the mediate of services.  (Facebook/DawokeFarmer2)

In an interrogation with Fox News connected Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed the religion disruption, calling the incidental "horrific" and saying specified behaviour should ne'er hap astatine immoderate spot of worship. 

"What happened successful that religion was horrific," Bondi said. "That should not hap to immoderate Christian, to immoderate religion, to a synagogue, to a mosque, to immoderate spot of worship successful our country."

An anti-ICE agitator berates Christians successful a Minnesota church. (DawokeFarmer2/Facebook)

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The Cities Church besides released a statement, saying: "On Sunday, January 18, a radical of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering. They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a country marked by intimidation and threat. Such behaviour is shameful, unlawful, and volition not beryllium tolerated. Invading a religion work to disrupt the worship of Jesus — oregon immoderate different enactment of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation."

Fox News’ Greg Wehner, Jasmine Baehr and David Spunt contributed to this report.