Vice President JD Vance blamed local officials for what he described as "chaotic" federal immigration enforcement during a visit to Minneapolis.

Misinformation about ICE authority has spread widely online. Federal law allows ICE to detain, arrest, and use force under defined conditions, and misunderstanding those powers can lead to dangerous real-world consequences.

Despite Trump’s previous threats to bring the military into the city by invoking the Insurrection Act, Vance said Thursday that “right now, we don’t think we need that.”

Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House's aggressive deportation campaign.

The closures affect U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices and application support centers in multiple states.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine, saying the state has been left largely in the dark as fear spreads through immigrant communities.

But County Attorney Brad Miller and ICE say the agreement will remain in effect, according to a County Attorney's Office news release.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by the Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant