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An F.B.I. agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis this month has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter. The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis field office after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross, according to one of the people. Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings.

Top Homeland Security officials hit back Friday at viral claims that a 5-year-old boy was used as “bait” to arrest his father and then detained by ICE in Minnesota earlier this week. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) head Marcos Charles said the little boy, identified as Liam Conejo Ramos, was abandoned in a car by his illegal migrant father as federal officers attempted to arrest the dad Tuesday as part of a targeted operation. Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias fled ICE on foot, leaving his son behind, the ICE official said.

A federal magistrate judge on Thursday rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to bring charges against former CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection with Sunday’s anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church, Fox News Digital has learned. Lemon livestreamed left-wing agitators who stormed St. Paul's Cities Church under the suspicion that its pastor had collaborated with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lemon told viewers that "the freedom to protest" is what the First Amendment is all about. Lemon was expected to face charges after Attorney General Pamela Bondi warned that "no one is above the law" on the heels of the...

The Trump Justice Department charged Don Lemon and 7 others for storming Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. However, the magistrate judge rejected the charges against Don Lemon. Politico reporter Josh Gerstein corrected his previous post to clarify that the judge rejected charges against Don Lemon. According to CBS News, the Justice Department is currently looking at other avenues to charge Don Lemon. BREAKING: Trump Justice Department charges journalist Don Lemon along with 7 others over church protest aimed at ICE agent — Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) January 22, 2026 It was reported earlier Thursday federal a magistrate judge rejected charges...