Image: ChongLy “Scott” Thao during an interview with Reuters in his home a day after he was taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and later returned in St Paul, Minnesota on 19 January 2026. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

Richard Luscombe of The Guardian reports: “Authorities in Minnesota are investigating the detention by federal immigration officers of a US citizen as a possible kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.

The arrest of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, 56, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in January became symbolic of Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s brutal crackdown in the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.

It came the same month as American anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by government agents.

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