A U.S. district court judge in Minnesota said there is "compelling and troubling" evidence that federal immigration agents conducted race-based stops during a large enforcement operation in the state, adding weight to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the crackdown.
In a 111-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud wrote that plaintiffs had shown federal agents adopted a policy allowing officers to stop individuals based on "ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion that the individuals were violating immigration laws."
