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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Biden Judge Rejects Minnesota’s Request To End ICE Operation
by Anthony Iafrate at CDN - A judge appointed by former President Joe Biden rejected the Minnesota government’s request to end federal immigration enforcement operations in the state Saturday. Minnesota-based District Judge Katherine M. Menendez, whom Biden appointed to the federal bench in 2021, rejected the request by Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. … Click to read the rest HERE-> Biden…
Judge allows Minnesota immigration operation to continue
A U.S. federal judge on Saturday denied Minnesota's request for an emergency order to immediately halt a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in the state, allowing the controversial federal deployment to continue.
Judge Denies Effort to Halt ICE in Minnesota
Minnesota Star Tribune: “A federal judge denied an effort by Minnesota and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis to swiftly halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents to the state, saying officials have not cleared the legal threshold to bring an immediate pause to the operation.”
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Federal agents block in and stop a woman to ask her about another person’s whereabouts on Jan. 19, 2026, in south Minneapolis. Cellphone video taken by bystanders has contradicted the Trump administration’s account of some recent immigration enforcement incidents. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)PORTLAND, Ore. — Keith Ellison held up his cellphone. The Minnesota attorney general was onstage in an Oregon theater in front of hundreds of p…
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