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Bill would require law enforcement agencies to clearly mark vehicles for transporting suspects
The proposed bill aims to ban use of non-designated vehicles for suspect transport, citing safety concerns and federal immigration enforcement tactics, with exceptions for imminent danger cases.
- On March 17, the committee heard HF 3358 and laid it over as amended, with Rep. Leigh Finke introducing the bill.
- Rep. Leigh Finke introduced HF 3358 after 'Operation Trojan Horse' raised concerns, citing past transport injuries and deaths, including Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.'s 2015 death.
- The bill notes exceptions for 'imminent danger' and undercover investigations, but what qualifies as 'imminent danger' was not defined, and an amendment removed the seat‑belt requirement after the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and Minnesota State Patrol said agencies often transport detainees in buses without seat belts, with Rep. Jeff Witte urging safety measures to be retained.
- GOP members questioned enforcement and constitutional conflicts, with Rep. Walter Hudson, R‑Albertville, warning it could violate the Supremacy Clause.
- Several bills this session, prompted by Operation Metro Surge, keep federal-state conduct under scrutiny as supporters, including Rep. Leigh Finke, argue Minnesota should set humane transport standards while 'imminent danger' and other technical exceptions remain unclear.
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Bill would require law enforcement agencies to clearly mark vehicles for transporting suspects
ST. PAUL — Operation Metro Surge has raised questions among lawmakers about how federal immigration officials should be conducting themselves — questions that have taken the form of several bills this session. One of those bills, which would prohibit the transport of suspects in vehicles not designed for detaining humans and not clearly designated as law enforcement vehicles, was heard Tuesday, March 17, in the House Public Safety Finance and Po…
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