Judge Declines to Pause Minnesota Immigration Agent Surge
Demonstrators against the ICE deployment march during a nationwide strike in Minneapolis on Jan. 30.
Photographer: Bridget Bennett/BloombergA US judge has denied Minnesota’s request to pause the Trump administration’s recent surge of thousands of immigration enforcement agents in the state.
US District Judge Katherine Menendez’s order will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies to maintain approximately 3,000 officers deployed in Minnesota — primarily in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul — since Operation Metro Surge launched late last year.