U.S. media released video yesterday showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents restraining a woman on a street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 15/12. A crowd threw snow and shouted for the agents to release her, claiming she was "pregnant and unable to breathe."

The video depicts agents using pepper spray, with one firing a taser at protesters and shouting, "Who wants more?" An agent then dragged the woman across the snow towards an ICE vehicle. As the crowd yelled, "Let her go!" the agents eventually released the woman and retreated under pressure.

ICE agents clash with protesters, drag woman on street. Video: FoxNews

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara described ICE's actions as "highly objectionable" during a press conference on 16/12. He stated that a federal agent at the scene had requested local police assistance, but officers observed no violence directed at ICE. Consequently, they did not intervene.

"Upon determining the scene was safe and free of violence, our officers did not intervene," O'Hara stated, adding that federal law enforcement may have used "controversial operational tactics."

In contrast, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that federal agents, while inspecting a vehicle, were attacked by protesters who "threw rocks, ice, and pepper spray" at them, injuring some. DHS confirmed agents restrained the woman in the video because she "attempted to damage an ICE vehicle," but they retreated due to protester pressure. Both Minneapolis police and DHS did not confirm whether the woman was pregnant.

This incident occurred amidst the Donald Trump administration's "Metro Surge" immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, launched two weeks prior. The operation aims to remove the state's most dangerous criminals. In December, ICE agents arrested more than 670 people in Minnesota, frequently clashing with protesters who oppose such enforcement campaigns.

Duc Trung (According to FOX News, ABC News, AP)