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Experts discuss legality of ICE at foreign consulates
['Cory Knudsen']
KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Legal experts are warning against federal operations at foreign consulates after video circulating on social media appears to show ICE agents attempting to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Northeast Minneapolis Tuesday morning.
RELATED: ICE agents blocked from attempting to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permissionEcuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs filed a complaint with the U.S. Embassy following the incident.
Legal experts said an attempt to enter a foreign consulate without permission is unusual and could carry serious diplomatic implications.
One of the latest reported ICE sightings in the community was outside the Ecuadorian consulate.
Legal experts point to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an international agreement that outlines how countries must treat foreign diplomatic spaces.