Federal agents block off the scene of a shooting in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
A federal appeals court on Jan. 26 granted the Trump administration a full stay of a lower court ruling that prevented ICE agents from detaining protesters or using nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools during protests in Minnesota without probable cause.
In its ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel said that U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez’s Jan. 16 injunction was “too vague” and that the Department of Homeland Security has made “a strong showing” that its challenge is likely to succeed on the merits.
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