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   Washington — A Minnesota activist was arrested Thursday and charged with   
   threatening to assault and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement   
   agents, the Justice Department said.   
      
   Prosecutors allege that Kyle Wagner, 37, shared comments and videos to   
   Facebook and Instagram last month that encouraged his followers to   
   attack federal immigration officers, who he called the "gestapo" and   
   "murderers." He is expected to make his initial appearance in federal   
   court on Thursday.   
      
   Photos taken Thursday appear to show Wagner being led out of a   
   residential building in Minneapolis by agents with Homeland Security   
   Investigations, part of the Department of Homeland Security, wearing a   
   sweatshirt that says "I'M ANTIFA!" Antifa is short for "anti-fascist"   
   and is a loosely organized left-wing movement or ideology.   
      
   In one now-deleted video posted on Jan. 8, Wagner allegedly threatened   
   ICE agents, stating, "we're f**king coming for you," according to the   
   Justice Department. The following day, he allegedly encouraged followers   
   to harass immigration officers and said "we should cripple them."   
      
   "Anywhere we have an opportunity to get our hands on them, we need to   
   put our hands on them," he said, according to prosecutors. Wagner's   
   social media profiles appear to have been deleted as of Thursday. It was   
   not immediately clear if he has an attorney.   
      
   Wagner also allegedly pushed others to "hunt" immigration officers and   
   said his goal is to "unmask and identify" the agents. In a social media   
   post on Jan. 13, he allegedly said Minnesota is "where ICE has come to   
   die."   
      
   "We want to know who they are. We will identify every single one of them   
   and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law," he said,   
   according to prosecutors. "If it has to be done at the barrel of a gun,   
   then let us have a little f**king fun."   
      
   Wagner also is accused of promoting violence against ICE officers,   
   including by urging others to "get your f**king guns and stop these   
   f**king people" in a video posted to Facebook on Jan. 24.   
      
   The Justice Department accused Wagner of publishing the personal   
   information of an ICE supporter in Michigan and threatening the person.   
      
   "This man allegedly doxxed and called for the murder of law enforcement   
   officers, encouraged bloodshed in the streets, and proudly claimed   
   affiliation with the terrorist organization Antifa before going on the   
   run," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. "Today's arrest   
   illustrates that you cannot run, you cannot hide, and you cannot evade   
   our federal agents: if you come for law enforcement, the Trump   
   Administration will come for you."   
      
   White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump   
   administration would hold accountable anyone who illegally obstructs law   
   enforcement operations or targets, doxxes and harasses ICE agents.   
      
   Protests have broken out in Minnesota in response to Operation Metro   
   Surge, which the Trump administration launched in December to ramp up   
   immigration enforcement efforts in the state. As part of the operation,   
   more than 3,000 immigration agents descended on Minneapolis. The Trump   
   administration said Wednesday that more than 4,000 people in the U.S.   
   illegally were arrested as part of Operation Metro Surge.   
      
   White House border czar Tom Homan also announced Wednesday that 700 law   
   enforcement personnel will withdraw from Minnesota, though roughly 2,000   
   ICE officers will remain in the state. The drawdown comes as immigration   
   agents have come under scrutiny for the tactics they've used against   
   protesters in Minneapolis.   
      
   Two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were shot and killed by   
   immigration officers last month. The FBI is leading an investigation   
   into the shooting involving Pretti.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kyle-wagner-minnesota-arrested-ice-antifa/?i   
   ntcid=CNR-01-0623   
      
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