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Federal Judge Reins In ICE Operations in Minnesota as Trump Pauses Insurrection Act Threat

A federal judge ordered immediate limits on ICE tactics in Minnesota, requiring DHS to comply within 72 hours.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez barred ICE in Minnesota from detaining peaceful protesters in vehicles and from using pepper spray, with a 72-hour deadline for compliance.
  • President Trump said he sees no reason for now to invoke the Insurrection Act after threatening to deploy the military to Minneapolis a day earlier.
  • Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota have sued the administration over large-scale ICE operations, and the ACLU filed its own action alleging civil-rights violations.
  • ICE has added hundreds of agents to roughly 2,000 already in the state as protests continue, including clashes after an agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in what DHS called a defensive shot.
  • The confrontation follows the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation, as her family launches a civil inquiry and parallel federal investigations proceed.