A patch referencing St. Paul on an ICE agent’s uniform was authorized, but that wasn’t the case for an ATF agent’s patch that people noticed during a federal law enforcement operation in Minneapolis this week, the agencies said Friday.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer wore a circular patch on the arm of his uniform reading “St. Paul Field Office Special Response Team.”

Each of the 25 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Special Response Teams across the U.S. has a unique patch, an ICE spokesperson said Friday.

The St. Paul patch is intended to depict an “ancient Scandinavian warrior and a Vegvisir, or ‘wayfinder,’ and ties into the regional identifiers for Minnesota including a nod to the Scandinavian heritage of many of the early European settlers in Minnesota,” the

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