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Fugitive ICE Agent Arrested in Minnesota
Confirmed
In Short: Christian Castro, a fugitive ICE agent, was arrested in Minnesota after returning to face federal charges.
Christian Castro, a fugitive ICE agent, was arrested in Minnesota yesterday after he returned to the Twin Cities to face federal charges related to a January shooting of a Venezuelan national during Operation Metro Surge.
Abbott is now investigating whether Castro legally qualifies as a fugitive, complicating Minnesota’s efforts to bring him to justice.
Federal judges across the country have been overwhelmed with habeas cases from immigrants detained by ICE, a situation exacerbated by the Trump administration's reinterpretation of a 30-year-old law.
What's confirmed
- Minnesota law enforcement arrested fugitive ICE agent Christian Castro yesterday after he returned to the Twin Cities to face separate federal charges stemming from a January shooting of a Venezuelan national during Operation Metro Surge.
- Greg Abbott successfully stonewalled Minnesota’s extradition request.
- “And so we should, in order to keep it.” Like federal judges nationwide, Minnesota federal judges were inundated with habeas cases this year from immigrants detained by ICE after the Trump administration unilaterally changed the longstanding interpretation of a 30-year-old law.
What's still developing
- Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman reports from Dallas on a federal judge blocking attempts by Minnesota to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro from Texas.
- Greg Abbott refused to sign an extradition warrant to hand him over to Minnesota authorities.
- Castro was booked in Minnesota last week following his release in Texas, his home state.