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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge blocks ICE arrests of Minnesota refugees who were ‘subjected to terror’

A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked immigration officers from arresting and detaining recently resettled refugees in the state after a lawsuit accused agents of “hunting” them down and sending them to a detention center in Texas.

The order from Minnesota District Judge John Tunheim also commands the administration to immediately release any detained refugees and return them to their homes in Minnesota.

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