Attorney General Bondi declares crackdown on church protestors with two anti-ICE arrests

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that two people involved in staging an anti-ICE protest in the middle of a Twin Cities church have been arrested.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, the organizer of “the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota” and Chauntyll Louisa Allen are the first to be taken into custody following last Sunday’s disruption inside Cities Church where protesters marched down the church aisle chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good,” referring to an anti-ICE protester who was fatally shot by an ICE agent.

Armstrong targeted Cities Church because of the pastor’s affiliation to ICE and was seeking his resignation.

“You cannot lead a congregation while directing an agency whose actions have cost lives and inflicted fear in our communities,” Armstrong said on Tuesday.

”When officials protect armed agents, repeatedly refuse meaningful investigation into killings like Renée Good’s, and signal they may pursue peaceful protesters and journalists, that is not justice — it is intimidation.”

Bondi said more arrests are to come.

“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” Bondi wrote on X.

During a speech in Toledo, Ohio,Vice President JD Vance celebrated Armstrong’s arrest.

He also condemned Minnesota’s leadership and local law enforcement for failing to back federal operations.

“When you don’t see chaos in the rest of USA, the natural conclusion is that it’s NOT what ICE is doing in Minneapolis – it’s what Minneapolis AUTHORITIES are doing to prevent ICE from doing their jobs! And that’s exactly what’s happening!” Vance said during his speech.

“So if there are protests and there are people trying to not just protest, but interfere with what ICE is doing, we don’t have the support of local law enforcement to keep the peace,” Vance continued. “So when I talk about lowering the temperature, those are the two things that we want those local authorities to do.”