U.S. Border Patrol agents smash a man's car window before dragging him out and taking him into custody when he failed to present citizenship documentation at a gas station on Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Trump administration has sent an estimated 2,000 federal agents into the area as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants.

Four days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, federal agents in St. Paul constrained the airflow to a man’s neck until he became unconscious.

Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano, a Honduran national, was at a Speedway on Sunday afternoon when a dozen masked Border Patrol officers suddenly swarmed his vehicle. They demanded he roll down his window and show his papers. When he didn’t comply, they shattered the window and dragged him out, pressing him against the ground until his body went limp. They carried him into a dark, unmarked van and drove away.

Watching the video of his arrest on Monday, his sister Consuelo was sure he was dead. It wasn’t until a day later that she could confirm he had survived – and that he’d been sent to an infamous detention tent camp in Texas. She told HuffPost she was able to speak to him for “a few seconds” over the phone.

“He only managed to tell me that he is very injured,” she said. A friend who helped set up a GoFundMe page for the family shared photos with HuffPost showing the aftermath of the incident ― Serrano’s car, windows busted out, sitting in a suburban driveway.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a man who failed to present citizenship documentation at a gas station on Jan. 11, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. When he didn’t comply, they shattered his car window and dragged him out, pressing him against the ground until his body went limp.

In the week since Good was killed, federal agents have continued to pour into Minnesota. The state calls it an “invasion.” The Trump administration has deployed a massive amount of force to Minneapolis — 800 Border Patrol and 2,000 Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers, amounting to five times the headcount of the Minneapolis police force. President Donald Trump has threatened even more by invoking the Insurrection Act, which would send the U.S. military to police the streets. On Wednesday night, federal agents shot a man in the leg during what they said was an immigration enforcement operation.

“To us, these are red coats,” Chris Lund, an attorney working to free a community member who’d been arrested and detained in the Whipple Federal Building told me, as federal agents glared at us from across the way. “These are imperial agents that are here to hurt us.”

Despite the awesome force arrayed against them, Minnesotans are fighting back. When federal agents arrive in a neighborhood, residents hound them. The near constant use of chemical agents and physical violence doesn’t stop those efforts. The orange stain of pepper spray has become something of a mark of pride among some locals ― evidence they have stood up for their neighbours. Many of those neighbours are too scared to leave their homes; when they do, they carry proof of citizenship.

One volunteer, Elanor, said there are some tell-tale signs of federal vehicles: masked men, of course. Out-of-state plates, especially those covered by snow ― real or fake. “Reckless driving” is another trademark, she said: “running red lights, driving well over the speed limit.” (Many people who spoke with HuffPost asked to be identified by only their first name or to remain anonymous given the potential for retribution by law enforcement or employers.)

Group chats buzz, directing concerned residents to where they might be able to confront agents. Around........

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