By Arjun Singh
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Jan. 22 that federal agents had arrested a suspect who allegedly organized a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The suspect is Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was arrested with a warrant during an operation by FBI agents and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division.
She is being charged with a felony, 18 U.S. Code § 241, which criminalizes a conspiracy to violate someone’s constitutional or legal rights and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Bondi wrote on social media that Armstrong “allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”
“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” Bondi added.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also shared news of the event, including a picture of Armstrong in the custody of an HSI special agent.
“Religious freedom is the bedrock of the United States—there is no First Amendment right to obstruct someone from practicing their religion,” Noem wrote on social media.
