Overview
- White House border czar Tom Homan said 700 agents will leave the Twin Cities, with about 2,000 remaining and any further drawdown depending on cooperation from local and state law enforcement.
- Police arrested 11 people outside a Minneapolis hotel where protesters believed federal agents were staying, reflecting ongoing street demonstrations tied to the enforcement surge.
- The Minneapolis City Council delayed liquor-license renewals for two downtown hotels over concerns about hosting federal agents, voting 8–5 to push a decision to February 17.
- Howard County, Maryland, revoked a renovation permit for an Elkridge building slated for an ICE detention retrofit and moved emergency legislation to block such facilities in private buildings.
- Federal judges reported a crush of habeas petitions and issued sharp rebukes of detention practices, while Congress set public testimony next week for ICE, CBP and USCIS leaders as Democrats condition DHS funding on reforms like mask bans, visible IDs and use-of-force limits.