US judge refuses to halt Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota
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A Minnesota judge refuses to stop the Trump administration's immigration crackdown despite allegations of civil rights violations. The move intensifies the ongoing conflict between federal authorities and local communities in Minneapolis.
A Minnesota federal judge on Saturday declined to order a halt to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis, in a lawsuit by state officials accusing federal agents of widespread civil rights abuses.
US District Judge Kate Menendez in Minneapolis said the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office made a strong showing that immigration agents' tactics, including shootings and evidence of racial profiling, were having "profound and even heartbreaking consequences on the State of Minnesota, the Twin Cities, and Minnesotans."
However, the judge noted that a federal appeals court recently overturned a much narrower injunction curtailing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics in Minnesota.
"If that injunction went too far, then the one at issue here — halting the entire operation — certainly would," wrote Menendez, an appointee of former Democratic President Joe Biden.
The lawsuit sought to block or rein in a US Department of Homeland Security operation that sent thousands of immigration agents to Minneapolis-St Paul, sparking weeks of protests and leading to the killings of two US citizens by federal agents.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a post on X, called the ruling a "HUGE" win for the Justice Department. "Neither sanctuary policies nor meritless litigation will stop the Trump Administration from enforcing federal law in Minnesota," she said.
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