On the morning of January 18, 2026, amid escalating tensions over federal immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, a group of approximately three dozen anti-ICE activists targeted Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. The demonstration was part of broader protests sparked by recent ICE operations, including the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer earlier that month. The activists, led by civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, aimed to confront the congrega