A judge refused to order the Trump administration to immediately halt its massive immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota this past Saturday. U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez declined the request from state officials who argued the federal campaign, dubbed Operation Metro Surge, was a dangerous and unconstitutional overreach that threatened their sovereignty and public safety.
The judge stated that Minnesota and the Twin Cities hadn’t definitively proven the operation was unlawful or designed to coerce local officials into cooperating with the administration’s broader objectives. The Washington Post reported that the operation involves approximately 3,000 officers and agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conducting enforcement actions throughout the greater Minneapolis area.
