JD Vance shares 'loopy' story about ICE, CBP officers in Minneapolis

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Vice President JD Vance on Sunday shared what he referred to as a "loopy" account underscoring the hazards federal immigration officers are dealing with in Minneapolis, amid a sequence of agent-involved shootings and escalating unrest.

Recounting a current go to to town, Vance described an incident by which off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Safety (CBP) officers had been doxxed whereas eating at a restaurant.

In line with Vance, their location was publicly revealed, the restaurant was mobbed, and the officers had been successfully trapped inside.

"Once I was in Minneapolis, I heard various loopy tales. However close to the highest of the checklist: A few off responsibility ICE and CBP officers had been going to dinner in Minneapolis," Vance wrote on X. "They had been doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed. The officers had been locked within the restaurant."

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Sq. in Minneapolis, on Jan. 22, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

Vance stated local police refused to reply when the officers referred to as for assist.

"The officers had been locked within the restaurant, and native police refused to reply to their pleas for assist (as they have been directed by native authorities)," he wrote. "Ultimately, their fellow federal brokers got here to their assist."

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Federal brokers are seen at Metropolis View Residences in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (Adam Grey/AP Picture)

"That is only a style of what is taking place in Minneapolis as a result of state and local officials refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement," Vance wrote. "They've created the chaos to allow them to have moments like yesterday, the place somebody tragically dies and politicians get to grandstand concerning the evils of implementing the border."

Vance urged Minneapolis officers to vary course.

"The answer is staring everybody within the face. I hope authorities in Minneapolis cease this insanity."

A day earlier, Vance described the unrest in Minnesota as " engineered chaos " following one other deadly federal agent-involved taking pictures.

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Protesters chant and bang on trash cans as they stand behind a makeshift barricade throughout a protest in response to the loss of life of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier within the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Adam Grey/AP Picture)

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On Saturday, 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse who was carrying a licensed handgun whereas protesting a federal immigration enforcement operation, was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Authorities say Pretti resisted arrest after attempting to intervene within the operation.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

Fox Information Digital's Amanda Macias contributed to this report.

Sophia Compton is a Author at Fox Information Digital. Sophia was beforehand a enterprise reporter overlaying finance, power and tourism and has expertise as a TV information producer. She graduated with a journalism diploma in 2021 from the College of Hawaii at Manoa.