Don Lemon is doubling down after blowback over his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lemon says he was doing journalism—not activism—but has been “made the face” of the protest and hit with online threats and slurs. The protest targeted Cities Church, whose pastor is alleged to be serving as acting ICE field office director in Minnesota. It comes amid rising tensions over President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, including ICE operations in Minnesota and two recent shootings involving ICE agents—one of them fatal. The situation escalated when Nicki Minaj blasted Lemon online, calling him a criminal and demanding his arrest. Lemon responded angrily, accusing Minaj of ignorance and hypocrisy as the feud went nuclear.