Minnesota Senate Passes Bill to Restrain ICE in Wake of Operation Metro Surge
The bill would let people sue for constitutional violations and bar agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities.
- On Monday, the Minnesota Senate passed SF3699, limiting ICE access to schools, hospitals, and courtrooms following Operation Metro Surge. The legislation restricts federal immigration enforcement tactics within the state.
- Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, authored the bill to ensure accountability following Metro Surge, describing it as a period when 'armed, untrained and unrestrained' agents terrorized communities.
- Senators passed the package 34-33 along party lines, including provisions for civil lawsuits against federal agents and requiring the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Force Unit to investigate use-of-force incidents.
- Democrats rejected GOP amendments from Republican Sen. Michael Kreun, R-Blaine, who sought to mandate local cooperation with federal authorities and ban sanctuary policies. Kreun argued enforcement "needs to be done in an efficient, professional, collaborative and constitutional manner."
- The bill now heads to the House, where it faces likely defeat due to Republican opposition, which has also stalled Senate-passed measures including $100 million in small business relief and $40 million in rental relief.
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Duluth News Tribune
Minn. Senate passes ICE ‘accountability’ package as related bills stall in tied House
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Senate passed a package 34-33 in a party-line vote on Monday, May 11, that limits where and how federal immigration agents can function in the state. Responding to Operation Metro Surge is one of the DFL priorities this session that is passing the Democrat-led Senate but hitting a wall at the tied House — gun control is another. Monday’s bill, SF3699, would do several things, including limit federal agents’ access to sch…
West Central Tribune
Park Rapids EnterpriseMinn. Senate takes up ICE ‘accountability’ package as related bills stall in tied House
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Senate is taking up a package on Monday, May 11, that limits where and how federal immigration agents can function in the state. Responding to Operation Metro Surge is one of the DFL priorities this session that is passing the Democrat-led Senate but hitting a wall at the tied House — gun control is another. Monday’s bill, SF3699, would do several things, including limit federal agents’ access to schools, health care fac…
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