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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steve Karnowski

Minnesota districts ask judge to restore limits on immigration enforcement near schools

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

Attorneys for two Minnesota school districts and the state's main teachers union asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools.

The Department of Homeland Security last year rescinded longstanding nationwide restrictions on immigration enforcement in or near “sensitive locations” such as schools and school bus stops, churches and hospitals that effectively made them off limits except in rare circumstances.

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