US EditionFederal Judge Declines to Halt Trump’s Immigration Surge in Minnesota
Judge Menendez allowed the operation to continue, despite evidence of two fatal shootings and widespread civil rights concerns, with about 3,000 federal agents deployed, court documents show.
- U.S. District Judge Katherine M. Menendez on Saturday denied a preliminary injunction sought by Minnesota officials, allowing Operation Metro Surge to continue. The request was filed this month by Minnesota officials and the mayors of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
- Seeking to block the operation, Minnesota officials said the Department of Homeland Security violates the Tenth Amendment and uses retaliation after federal funding pressure.
- Federal filings show the operation deployed roughly 3,000 federal officers, with fatal shootings of Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 sparking protests and student walk-outs on Jan. 30.
- The judge limited her ruling to procedural standards by saying the order did not resolve Operation Metro Surge's legality and plaintiffs failed to show entitlement to preliminary injunction.
- The surge mirrors moves the administration has made in other cities, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said `This is what I would describe as a standard investigation by the FBI when there's circumstances like what we saw last Saturday`.
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Protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown spread across the United States on Saturday, as a federal judge declined to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, according to CNN.
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