As Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in Minneapolis, hundreds gathered outside protesting her presence, saying: "ICE isn't welcome here."

Despite less than 24 hours notice of Noem's visit to the Twin Cities, an increasingly large group of Minnesotans gathered outside the building in protest, with the first groups arriving at noon, with the crowd swelling to hundreds by 4 p.m.

"We knew that there was going to be a lot of energy around it; these deployments of troops to cities are a really mobilizing issue for a lot of people," said Kalani Matus, protest speaker and member of the Climate Justice Committee. "And we wanted our chance to have this press conference, to counter the message, whatever it is Kristi Noem was going to say."

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