MINNEAPOLIS >> Federal agents have arrested three Minnesota protesters who took part in a demonstration inside a church against a pastor they say has a leadership role with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency carrying out aggressive raids in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of two Minnesota agitators who helped organize the storming of Cities Church in St. Paul on Thursday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says a woman who led an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service has been arrested.

A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon. The developments unfolded as Vice President JD Vance arrived in the state. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X. On Sunday, protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul, where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement serves as a pastor.

The Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon, a senior law enforcement official said.

The Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon, a senior law enforcement official said.

A standoff between demonstrators and congregants at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. on Sunday added to tensions around federal immigration enforcement in the state.