Wild: Anti-ICE Activists Disrupt Church Service Because They Think One of the Pastors Is an ICE Agent

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We've seen a lot of bad behavior from the anti-ICE agitators.

They've not only been harassing ICE agents, but now they've targeted random people whom they think might be ICE agents.

But they appear to be playing "Can you top this" with outrageous moves, because I can't believe what they had the nerve to do on Sunday.

As our sister site, Townhall, reported, they disrupted the Cities Church in Minneapolis, in the middle of the service, because they believed an ICE agent was associated with the church. Former CNN host Don Lemon filmed some of what went on.

Shocking footage from Cities Church in Minneapolis this morning (an SBC church) where an anti-ICE mob stormed the service and disrupted their worship, alleging one of the church’s lead pastors is an ICE agent. pic.twitter.com/hS2FhzrFc4
— Center for Baptist Leadership (@BaptistLeaders) January 18, 2026

You can hear them chanting "Renee Good" in the background. They even did the oldie "Hands up, don't shoot!"

This is a communist revolution. That’s why they are walking into Church to make people uncomfortable.
Again, this is a communist revolution. It’s not about ICE. It never was. pic.twitter.com/JsiZqQ9HNB
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) January 18, 2026

Lemon actually had the gall to compare it to the Civil Rights movement, saying it was about these very types of protests.

BREAKING - Anti ICE agitators, led by failed CNN host Don Lemon, stormed a Minneapolis church this morning, halting services and holding members hostage because they believed the pastor was ICE affiliated.
“The whole point of it is to disrupt and make people uncomfortable.” pic.twitter.com/ddwPwpwV5E
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) January 18, 2026

Okay, this is legitimately nuts. No one can justify this. Even if you wanted to protest the ICE agent, why are you disrupting the church where people are trying to pray? You're saying their rights are unimportant to you, and what you want trumps their right to pray in peace. The anti-ICE crew is claiming that ICE is violating rights, but then they disrupt the rights of others.

The pastor who was there tried to get them to leave, saying this was shameful to interrupt the service.

🚨 JUST IN: Pastor RIPS leftists and Don Lemon for storming his church in Minneapolis to oppose ICE and harass his people, now under investigation by the Trump DOJ
"This is unacceptable. It's SHAMEFUL. It's shameful to to interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship!"… pic.twitter.com/jAwFGCvBI9
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 18, 2026

Meanwhile, Lemon insisted to him that there was a "First Amendment right to free speech and protest."

They just made a huge mistake with this, because this is going to show middle America, if they didn't already understand it, how off the rails they are.

It also did not go unnoticed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who said they would be investigating the incident to see if they violated the FACE Act for "desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers."

The @CivilRights is investigating the potential violations of the federal FACE Act by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers. @AGPamBondi https://t.co/uZBBv1iuuH
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) January 18, 2026

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