Overview
- Federal attorneys argue Minnesota is seeking an impermissible veto over federal law enforcement, saying the Tenth Amendment provides no such power and that the surge has not violated state sovereignty.
- The Justice Department cites escalating risks to ICE personnel, alleging doxxing, bounties, vehicle block-ins, and increased attacks that it says have intensified since Operation Metro Surge began in December.
- A judge earlier denied an immediate halt to the operation but kept the case on a fast track; Attorney General Keith Ellison is seeking a preliminary injunction, with the state’s reply to DOJ due by Thursday.
- The Pentagon has about 1,500 active-duty troops on standby, including two Alaska-based Army infantry battalions with prepare-to-deploy orders if the Insurrection Act is invoked, and the Minnesota National Guard remains staged.
- Large protests continue after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, DHS is publicly defending ICE tactics and highlighting arrests of people with criminal records, and DOJ is reported to be investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey, and a St. Paul church disruption.