Chanhassen ICE raid: Crowd formed as agents attempted to carry out arrests

Chanhassen ICE raid: Person taken into ambulance

Crowds gathered at a ICE raid in Chanhassen Saturday, and video shows one person taken into an ambulance.

CHANHASSEN, MINN. (FOX 9) - A heavy police presence formed in response to a crowd surrounding an ICE raid in Chanhassen. 

Chanhassen ICE raid

What we know:

Chanhassen ICE raid: City councilmember speaks

Chanhassen City Councilmember Mark Von Oven was at the ICE raid in the city Saturday and spoke to the crowd.

Witnesses say ICE agents tried to arrest two workers at a house that is under construction.

A crowd then formed when the workers would not come down from the roof. 

One worker was later taken away by ambulance, but another was allowed to leave when ICE agents withdrew from the area.

Some people in the crowd provided the worker on the roof with blankets, a warm drink and food to help him wait out the agents.

The Carver County Sheriff's Department says that this was a federal operation, and sheriff's deputies responded to the scene to "maintain peace" and "ensure emergency services" could get into the neighborhood. 

The sheriff's office did not have any detentions or make any arrests during this operation. 

ICE raid in Chanhassen: Crowd confronts agents [RAW]

A crowd surrounded ICE agents in Chanhassen as they attempted to arrest two men who were working on a house that was under construction.

What they're saying:

"It's mind-blowing that people are out here, -20 plus degree weather, building houses for our community members, and they’re being targeted by ICE," said Jenna Cruz of Chaska.  

"Consistently, we were asking for a judicial warrant; they did not have that. They said that they had an administrative warrant. But they refuse to show that to us as well. But that’s not anything constitutionally binding," said Minnesota State Representative, Alex Falconer.

What we don't know:

FOX 9 has not confirmed if the man taken away in the ambulance is in ICE custody or not.

No information has been shared on what led ICE agents to the area.

FOX 9 has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more information on this. 

Images from the scene can be viewed below:

Image shows protesters confronting federal agents. (FOX 9)

Image shows a heavy law enforcement presence during a possible ICE raid in Chanhassen. (FOX 9)

Image shows a heavy law enforcement presence during a possible ICE raid in Chanhassen.

Image shows a heavy police presence in Chanhassen.  (FOX 9)

FOX 9 is working to verify details and will update this developing story.