{"id":132044,"date":"2026-01-12T23:53:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-over-immigration-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:03:24","slug":"minnesota-sues-trump-administration-over-immigration-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-over-immigration-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota sued U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Monday over the large-scale operation deployed by immigration authorities in the state after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week.<\/p>\n<p>In the complaint, Minnesota, along with the so-called &#8216;Twin Cities&#8217; &#8211; Minneapolis and St. Paul &#8211; charges that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the state &#8220;have spread fear among people who live, work and visit Minneapolis&#8221; and, in particular, the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota sues Trump administration<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Thousands of masked and armed agents have plagued the &#8216;Twin Cities&#8217; conducting militarized raids and dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional detentions in public spaces, including schools and hospitals,&#8221; the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeland Security<\/a> Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, authorities have made more than 2,000 arrests since this operation, known as &#8216;Metro Surge&#8217;, began last December.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs believe that this operation is motivated by &#8220;the Trump Administration&#8217;s desire to punish its political opponents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their actions appear designed to provoke anger in the communities, sow fear and cause emotional distress&#8221; in the population.<\/p>\n<p>The state refers to the shooting by an ICE agent that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/video-of-ice-agent-who-shot-renee-good-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renee Nicole Good<\/a>, 37, on Jan. 7 and calls for a halt to ICE operations in the area.<\/p>\n<p>s ICE operations in Minnesota, claiming that it has the &#8220;inviolable&#8221; sovereign authority to protect &#8220;the health and welfare&#8221; of its residents.<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, presented the lawsuit at a press conference and applauded the fact that the city has &#8220;heroes who stand up for each other and support their neighbors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One thing I can tell you with certainty is that we are not going to back down (&#8230;). We are standing up to the bullies and, at this moment, what we are asking for is the intervention of the court to reject this unconstitutional conduct,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Frey further asserted that city police officers are responding to &#8220;countless calls reporting the abduction of people&#8221; by officers &#8220;in unmarked uniforms who are taking U.S. citizens off the streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, more than 1,000 protests were held in the U.S. against the immigration policy of Donald Trump&#8217;s administration and for the <a href=\"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/mayor-of-minneapolis-accuses-ice-of-killing-u-s-citizen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of Good.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: Minnesota sues Trump administration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>With information from EFE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota sued U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration on Monday over the large-scale operation deployed by immigration authorities in the state after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week. 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