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Judge Lets Minnesota Immigration Surge Continue as Trump Tells DHS to Steer Clear of Protests

The decision keeps the federal sweep in place as the administration conditions any drawdown on local cooperation.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez denied Minnesota’s request for a temporary restraining order, citing appellate limits on earlier curbs even as she noted serious harms alleged by the state.
  • President Donald Trump instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to deploy agents into protests in Democrat-led cities unless local officials ask for help, while directing ICE and Border Patrol to protect federal property forcefully.
  • The Justice Department said the FBI has opened a civil-rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
  • Immigrant-rights groups sued to block a new ICE policy that authorizes agents to enter homes to arrest deportation targets using administrative warrants that lack a judge’s signature.
  • The White House replaced on-the-ground leadership with Tom Homan, who promised narrower, by-the-book targeting and linked any reduction of forces to local cooperation, as large protests and a coordinated national “no work, no school, no shopping” action continued.