US officials arrest more people over Minnesota anti-ICE church protest

Attorney general Pam Bondi says 39 people now charged over January protest and warns more to come'

Federal authorities have arrested more people on Friday for their alleged involvement in a protest at a church in Minnesota in January, following earlier arrests of organizers and journalists that were demonstrating amid sweeping, and often violent, immigration enforcement efforts in the state.

Attorney general Pam Bondi said the justice department unsealed an indictment that charged 30 more people for the demonstration. Of those charged, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, Bondi said, with more to come". The latest arrests bring the total number of people charged to 39.