A group of University of Minnesota students and graduates arrested for protesting ICE are urging a Hennepin County judge to dismiss the charges against them.
The 27 defendants were arrested by University of Minnesota police in January at a protest outside the Graduate Hotel. Student organizers said they heard from hotel staff and observers that ICE agents were staying in the building, and they staged a noise demonstration outside late into the night.
They are facing state charges for unlawful assembly…