Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them of coordinating efforts to block arrests and deportations as part of a conspiracy against the U.S. government.
During a news conference Tuesday, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the monthslong investigation had focused on members and associates of two activist groups that had “violently opposed the enforcement of federal law.”
He characterized the groups as “antifa,” an umbrella term for a diffuse movement of militant left-wing activists.
Twelve people were arrested Tuesday, two remained at large and one is already in custody, Rosen added. Information about their attorneys was not immediately available.
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The 15 people charged Tuesday were part of “Direct Action Minnesota,” a left-wing coalition of protest groups that played a role in the “surveillance, operational planning and rapid mobilization against law enforcement,” Rosen said.
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The defendants were each charged with conspiracy to impede or injury a federal officer, with some facing additional charges such as interstate stalking, destruction of government property and assault on a federal officer.
The alleged conspiracy began in January, shortly after the Trump administration launched its sweeping immigration crackdown, dubbed Operation Metro Surge, in response to reports of fraud within Minnesota’s Somali community.
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