US EditionTensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off
Minnesota and its cities filed suit to stop a surge of over 2,000 federal immigration officers, citing constitutional violations and a chilling effect on residents' free speech.
- On Monday, the State of Minnesota joined Minneapolis and St. Paul in suing the Trump administration to restrict federal enforcement tactics, alleging the Department of Homeland Security violated constitutional protections.
- The Department of Homeland Security pledged to deploy more than 2,000 federal immigration officers into Minnesota in what ICE called its largest enforcement operation ever, following the fatal shooting of Renee Good that sparked protests.
- Federal agents fired tear gas in Minneapolis as crowds gathered and later clashed near the federal building in the Twin Cities, with confrontations stretching across multiple cities on Monday.
- Plaintiffs argue the campaign chilled free speech and made residents of the Twin Cities afraid to leave home, seeking remedies for those constitutional harms under the First Amendment.
- The federal government also faces a similar lawsuit in Illinois, while Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin accused Minnesota officials of ignoring public safety in response to Monday’s suit.
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Protesters, agents square off after fatal shooting
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritant at activists Tuesday during another day of confrontations in Minneapolis while students miles away walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration sweeps.
The US state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the administration of President Donald Trump, seeking to stop the arrival of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis.
Minnesota wants to be exempt from federal immigration laws
Minnesota Democrats are trying to establish their state as an open borders sanctuary where the federal government cannot enforce federal law and deport some of the most despicable criminals who are illegally in the country, all because a woman was shot when she tried to run over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Minnesota, joined by Illinois, filed a lawsuit labeling immigration enforcement as “assault” and seeking to restrict the …
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