Two activists arrested in connection to a protest at a church where the leader of a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office serves as a pastor were released from custody on Friday afternoon.

A federal magistrate judge rejected a criminal complaint against journalist Don Lemon, who said he was at the church protest for reporting purposes.

Federal judge rejects charges against Don Lemon and an independent journalist in connection to a protest at a St. Paul church.

Two of the three people facing federal charges after denouncing federal immigration agents in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday have been released from custody, their attorneys told CNN.

A federal judge in Minnesota denied a motion by the Trump administration to detain two of the three protesters arrested this week for leading a demonstration inside a St.

William Kelly, a First Amendment activist, was apprehended by Homeland Security Investigators on Thursday. He was among the protestors who disrupted a service at Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday, January 18.

Protesters barricaded themselves in San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's office, demanding police policies to shield the community from federal immigration agents.

Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.

A peaceful protest in support of a 37-year-old man shot and killed by immigration officers in Minneapolis was under way Saturday evening in downtown Los Angeles. Demonstrators gathered at the historic Placita Olvera marketplace.