SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Minnehaha County State's Attorney Daniel Haggar says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrested a man at the county courthouse on May 30 were not out of line.

"I do think that the ICE agents acted reasonably given all the circumstances," Haggar said Friday. "Minnehaha County isn't a sanctuary county. The courthouse isn't a sanctuary courthouse. People get arrested in the courthouse all the time."

Haggar says ICE agents arrested the individual in the lobby of the courthouse. The 25-year-old arrestee was not a criminal defendant, but rather someone subpoenaed by the defense. For her part, Minnehaha County Public Defender Traci Smith sent KELOLAND News a statement Wednesday which says in part that "The actions of the prosecutor and ICE not only d

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