MN Church Stormed by Anti-ICE Agitators Releases Statement Showing Their Actions May Have Consequences

It was crazy that the anti-ICE agitators thought it would be a good idea to storm a church in the middle of its service to push their hateful anti-ICE agenda. They apparently believed that one of the pastors was connected to ICE.

But screaming and disrupting people trying to pray is a pretty disgraceful look; it exposed how crazy and extreme they are to people who might not have understood it before.

In addition to being wrong about ICE, if you're screaming in a church and frightening children, you are not the good guys in this equation.

Make no mistake: ICE is arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens—gang members, murderers, rapists, and drug dealers—removing them from our streets. The brave men and women of ICE are true patriots.

The raid at the church in Minnesota was horrible and… pic.twitter.com/kMGRRwcDAb
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 20, 2026

This is what they “accomplished”

Terrified children pic.twitter.com/dLu2paDqTU
— Interested Bystander (@intrstdbystndr1) January 19, 2026

Then, on top of that, former CNN media personality Don Lemon, who was there, even tried to smear the innocent parishioners as "entitled" and connected to "white supremacy" in a subsequent interview, as a seeming justification of the disruption. And he and the podcast host, Jennifer Welch, disparaged their Christianity. It was disgraceful.

Don Lemon Digs the Hole Even Deeper With Vile Comments About Parishioners in MN Church Incident

Now the church, Cities Church in St. Paul, has released a statement. In it, they took the opportunity to talk about Jesus and explain some things that the agitators didn't seem to understand. I have to hand it to them, they're taking the opportunity to put Jesus out there, while also calling the action taken against them "shameful."

Jesus is real. When we gather on Sunday mornings to worship him, we are gladly giving ourselves to what is most central and sacred in our life together. “We worship Jesus” stretches as the main banner of our church, alongside two other pursuits that flow from it: loving one another and seeking the good of the Twin Cities.
On Sunday, January 18, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering. They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat. Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated. Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus — or any other act of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation.
We welcome respectful dialogue about present issues, and about how the realness of Jesus, as revealed in the Bible, provides the only final answers to the world’s most complex and intractable problems.
Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, lived, died, and rose again for the rescue of all who put their faith in him. He offers a love that transcends cultures, borders, policies, and politics. As those who have been loved and rescued by him, we will not shrink from worshiping Jesus, nor will we stop “teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah” (Acts 5:42). Church buildings are meant to be places of peace and solace, where worshipers can hear and live out this message. We therefore call on local, state, and national leaders to protect this fundamental right.

But this was their last sentence, and it was my favorite part:

We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel.

Oh, yes. You go, guys.

Actions have consequences, and they may not only come from the Department of Justice.

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