An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer turned himself in to Minneapolis authorities Thursday after being charged with pointing a firearm at motorists during a road rage incident in February, marking the second federal immigration officer to face criminal charges from operations in Minnesota’s sanctuary city.

Highway Confrontation Leads to Charges

Gregory Morgan Jr., an ICE employee deployed to Minneapolis as part of Operation Midway Blitz, surrendered to police following the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charging him with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The charges stem from a February 5 incident when Morgan was driving his unmarked SUV back to the Whipple Federal Building after completing his shift.

According to the criminal complaint, another driver cut off Morgan as he attempted to pass on the highway. Morgan responded by driving his government SUV onto the shoulder, pulling his firearm, and brandishing the weapon while pointing it at occupants in the other vehicle. Morgan’s attorney, Ryan Pacyga, disputed the allegations, stating the complaint contains inaccurate and incomplete information about the confrontation.

Second ICE Officer Faces Charges

Morgan’s case represents the first criminal charge filed against a federal immigration officer from the winter deployment to Minneapolis. However, on Monday, another ICE officer named Christian Castro was charged in connection with a separate incident. Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime for shooting a Venezuelan man through a front door in January.

Castro and another officer initially claimed they were attacked with a shovel and broom, but video evidence contradicted their account, showing no initial assault occurred before Castro fired his service weapon through the door of a Minneapolis residence on January 14, wounding the man inside.

Federal Operation in Sanctuary City

Both incidents occurred during Operation Midway Blitz, when approximately 3,000 federal law enforcement personnel from ICE and Customs and Border Protection deployed to Minnesota between December 2025 and early February 2026. The surge aimed to locate and arrest illegal immigrants with criminal records after local and state jails refused to allow ICE to transfer them into federal custody. The operation targeted Minneapolis, designated as a sanctuary city where local authorities limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.