A crowd gathered in Chanhassen on Saturday, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were reportedly trying to arrest someone on the roof of a building.
A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS photographer said ICE had roped off a construction site, where a residential house on the 1500 block of Avienda Parkway is being built. Inside the construction site, two individuals were standing on the roof of the unfinished house as ICE agents were reportedly waiting to take them into custody on the ground.
One person was later taken off the roof and brought into an ambulance, while the other remained.
The incident, which began around 10 a.m., started to draw a crowd in Chanhassen around the construction site, with protestors calling on ICE agents to leave.
Around 1:20 p.m., ICE agents and other law enforcement agencies who responded to the area had reportedly left, leaving the man on the roof where he was.
A short time later, the man reportedly got off the roof and was taken to the hospital by bystanders.
State Rep. Alex Falconer (DFL-Eden Prairie), who was at the scene, says the men were on the roof for nearly two hours. He added that the men wearing ICE vests did not identify themselves as federal agents or ICE officers.
“We’ve repeatedly asked for a judicial warrant, of which they have not produced,” Falconer said.
Some of the protesters brought items to keep the two men warm, but the agents told them they couldn’t get the items to the upper floor.
“I came, and I brought like heat pads and food and an extra jacket to get to the guys that are stuck up there,” said Katie from Chanhassen. “This weather is super dangerous.”
“It was scary, it was really scary. I don’t know, it was just something that you never think is going to happen,” added Miranda, another protestor.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has reached out to ICE to learn more about Saturday’s events in Chanhassen and is awaiting a response.
The Trump administration says ICE agents are in Minnesota to arrest those who they believe are in the country illegally.
This is a developing story; 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS is working to confirm details and learn more about the situation.