Health & Fitness
U.S. Citizen Says Encounter With ICE Agents In Brooklyn Park Landed Him In The Hospital
"They asked me, 'Can you give me more proof that you're a citizen?' I told them I don't have the proof on me right now," Sackie said.
January 7, 2026
A U.S. citizen claims Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents left him hurt and hospitalized after an encounter in the Twin Cities.
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Emmanuel Sackie, a Liberian-born, naturalized citizen, says he was stopped in the parking lot of Family Dollar in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Monday afternoon.
Sackie says he was inside the store when his fiancée, Amanda Tuonyon, called him and stated immigration agents were surrounding their vehicle.
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