ICE Entered Minneapolis Hospital Without Warrant, Handcuffed Patient To Bed, Community Organizers Say

CBS Minnesota

January 7, 2026

Community organizers and health care workers are expressing outrage after they say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were allowed inside a Minneapolis hospital for more than 24 hours. They claim agents handcuffed a patient to their bed, all without a judicial warrant.

ICE was allowed to stay by that patient's bedside for more than 24 hours, according to a spokesperson for Unidos MN.

Over the holiday, ICE agents got into HCMC's emergency department without a judicial warrant, according to the organization. Agents were given access to staff-only areas, like break rooms and parking lots, they said.

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