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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steve Karnowski and Ed White

Federal judge extends order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported

Immigration-Enforcement-Refugees - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal judge on Friday extended an order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported, saying a Trump administration policy turns the “American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.”

U.S. District Judge John Tunheim granted a motion by advocates for refugees to convert a temporary restraining order that he issued in January into a more permanent preliminary injunction while the case develops further.

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