ICE Haters Hauled Away In Cuffs Over Obnoxious Protest Tactic

MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters staged a noise demonstration at the Graduate Hotel against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the second time in a week, leading to several arrests.

A crowd of dozens banged pots and buckets, played a siren, blew whistles, and chanted “fuck ICE” through a megaphone outside the building where they believed federal agents were sleeping, Daily Caller News Foundation footage shows. The University of Minnesota (UMN) Police Department eventually warned protesters via a loudspeaker that they were violating a noise ordinance, declared an unlawful assembly and ordered them to leave the property, but many stayed anyway.

Police arrested 67 people on an unlawful assembly charge, UMN told the DCNF. The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) did not respond to a request for comment, and the Minnesota State Patrol deferred to UMN.

Law enforcement had several vehicles on the scene, including an armored car, and riot gear, the DCNF observed.

Protesters previously made a ruckus outside the hotel on Jan. 21 for supposedly serving immigration agents, KARE 11 reported. Three were arrested that night, according to The Minnesota Daily.

Others were arrested for targeting a Home2 Suites hotel in Minneapolis on Sunday night and a SpringHill Suites in nearby Maple Grove the following night, the DCNF previously reported. A federal agent, visibly bleeding, was seen asking, “Where is the local PD?” during the Home2 Suites demonstration, which involved rioters breaking glass. Maple Grove officers assisted federal and state law enforcement on Monday.

Border czar Tom Homan told reporters on Thursday that ICE will not relent on Minnesota immigration enforcement despite backlash after two activists died in agent-involved shootings over the past month.