Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were refused service Wednesday at a Speedway convenience store near Minneapolis, according to video circulating on social media.
Footage shared online shows Bovino and other federal agents being turned away by a Speedway employee, who reportedly told the officers they would not be served because store staff “don’t support ICE.” The incident was captured and later shared by independent journalist Cam Higby.
🚨🚨 Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino DENIED SERVICE at speedway on Portland Avenue.
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) January 21, 2026
I asked the Commander if this is illegal, and the cashier said “I DON’T CARE IF IT IS”@CMDROpAtLargeCA pic.twitter.com/fAqzCHS9uY
In the video, Higby approaches a Speedway worker and asks whether the employee had denied service to the agents.
“Yeah, I did. Because I wanted to,” the worker responded. “We don’t support ICE. Nobody here does. Neither do I.”
Higby then asked Bovino whether it was legal for a private business to refuse service to federal law enforcement officers. Before Bovino could respond, the Speedway employee interjected, saying, “If it is, I personally don’t care.”
The confrontation comes amid heightened tensions nationwide following the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, after an ICE officer fired as she accelerated her vehicle toward him. Protests against ICE have since spread across multiple cities, with demonstrations escalating into confrontations, vandalism, and harassment of individuals believed to be affiliated with federal immigration enforcement.
In one widely shared incident last week, anti-ICE activists misidentified a civilian as a federal agent based solely on the type of vehicle he was driving, underscoring concerns from law enforcement officials about rising hostility and mistaken targeting.
As unrest intensified in the Twin Cities area, reports indicated the Pentagon placed approximately 1,500 active-duty troops on standby in case federal assistance was needed to support law enforcement in Minneapolis.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor Speedway immediately responded to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation regarding the incident or the company’s policies on serving law enforcement personnel.
The refusal of service adds to a growing list of confrontations between anti-ICE activists and federal officers, as protests and political backlash grow across the country.
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Why do these ingrates refuse help that is saving their lives? Moronic YES! Malevolent YES! Marxist triple YES! With citizens
like this. WE don’t need any enemies!
What did Speedway say? I think many of us want to know which establishments to boycott.
Fine. If you don’t want to serve ICE agents because you want to support illegal alien Somali criminals, then, you can be deported to Somalia with the rest of the ********. You won’t ever have to worry about seeing an ICE agent over there. Being killed by a criminal gang, being bitten by a black mamba, not eating for a week. You will have to worry about those things.
🖕🏻 speedway. A nationwide boycott is in order. I will never patronize speedway again.