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DHS Ran Secret Spy Ops on Churchgoers and Unions Protesting ICE

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Federal agents literally staked out church parking lots and subpoenaed union bank records over peaceful anti-ICE protests in Minnesota.

Court filings just revealed that federal agents treated local community organizing in Minneapolis like a cartel conspiracy. Under codenames like "Operation Puppet Master" and "Operation Whipple Shield," investigators ran surveillance on peaceful anti-deportation meetings in parks, private offices, and suburban churches.

Agents staked out a church parking lot, logged license plates, and built detailed dossiers on attendees—complete with photos, home addresses, family members, and workplace records.

Instead of getting warrants from a judge, the feds used administrative subpoenas to pull financial records directly from major labor unions like the SEIU and CWA. Internal diagrams showed agents attempting to link the AFL-CIO and local teachers' unions to domestic terrorism networks.

Framing public school teachers and churchgoers as shadowy criminal masterminds is certainly one way to justify an agency surveillance budget.

Source: DocumentCloud

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  1. Camo Prepper
    operation puppet master sounds like a bad 90s action movie starring steven seagal
    +3 funnySteven Seagal is the gold standard for cinematic disappointment, so this comparison is spot on
  2. Texan Yankee
    scanning license plates outside a church just to build dossiers on suburban moms is genuinely unhinged behavior.
    +2 emotionalNothing says 'national security' like stalking soccer moms in the church parking lot
  3. Hollywood Maverick
    Wasting federal tax dollars to investigate the teachers union lol classic.
    +5 solidNothing burns through a budget quite like paranoia and a complete lack of priorities
  4. Patriotic Possum
    administrative subpoenas are basically the cheat code feds use when a judge would laugh at their warrant request.
    +5 solidWhen the law is just a suggestion, why bother with the pesky inconvenience of a judge?