ST. PAUL, MN — Disturbing footage shows the moments after a DoorDash driver fled into a customer’s home in Little Canada, a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.
The video, recorded and uploaded to TikTok by user “StormiBabyy27,” shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surrounding the home, positioned in both the front and back yards. Several agents appear with their hands on holstered weapons.
According to the homeowners, the agents threatened to break down the door while searching for the DoorDash driver, whom they said had an arrest warrant. The couple, who were inside the home with a child, refused to open the door and repeatedly asked to see a warrant.
The woman called local police, who told her the individuals outside were federal agents and that there was little local law enforcement could do.
“I really don’t know what to do,” the woman can be heard telling police in the video. “This lady was just shot yesterday. Now I ordered food, and there’s people outside my house.”
The shooting referenced is that of Renee Good, who was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
As the standoff continued, agents warned they would call in a SWAT team to force entry, according to the homeowners. Fearing for their safety and that of their child, the couple ultimately brought the DoorDash driver from their basement to the doorway after shouting at agents to back away and remove their hands from their weapons.
The homeowners can be heard crying in the footage. The woman says she is Native American and references the historical harm Indigenous people have suffered at the hands of U.S. government violence. Both homeowners appear conflicted about their decision to comply.
At the doorway, the driver can be heard speaking in Spanish and crying. The dasher pleads for her children, saying she does not want to leave without her daughters and fears being taken into custody while they are left behind.
Neighbors and local activists later gathered outside the home, blowing whistles and demanding that ICE agents leave the area. As more people arrived, the woman confronting the agents grew more defiant, shouting insults and accusing them of being murderers. The agents eventually retreated.
In the video, the woman also says another person was removed from the DoorDash driver’s vehicle. The couple initially believed it was the driver’s child, but the individual has since been identified as her husband.
Under federal law, ICE agents generally cannot enter a private residence without a warrant unless they are in active pursuit of a felony suspect.
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