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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

ACLU sues Trump administration over ‘racial profiling and unlawful arrests’ in Minnesota ICE surge

Federal agents with black body armor, guns and gas masks.
Customs and Border Protection agents at the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing federal immigration authorities in Minnesota of racial profiling and unlawful arrests amid widespread Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

In a 72-page lawsuit filed on Thursday on behalf of three community members who are all US citizens, the ACLU accused federal immigration agents of violating citizens’ constitutional rights, arguing that Somali and Latino communities in the state have been disproportionately targeted.

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