Overview
- Minnesota filed an 80-page federal complaint naming DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and senior ICE and Border Patrol leaders, seeking an injunction to stop the surge and to impose guardrails such as visible identification, body cameras, and limits on force.
- DHS defended the operation as lawful enforcement, accused state leaders of playing politics, and said it is sending hundreds more officers on top of the more than 2,000 already deployed to the Twin Cities.
- The lawsuit follows the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, with DHS asserting self-defense and state and local officials disputing that account as the FBI assumes sole control of the investigation.
- Plaintiffs cite reports of door-to-door actions, public confrontations, and operations in sensitive places, saying schools locked down, businesses closed, and local police resources were strained by federal tactics.
- Illinois and the city of Chicago filed parallel litigation challenging DHS, ICE and CBP practices, underscoring broader pushback by Democratic-led jurisdictions against expanded field deployments.