Overview
- Minnesota, joined by Minneapolis and St. Paul, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking an injunction against ICE deployments and labeling the federal surge an "invasion."
- The complaint targets Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and alleges violations of the First Amendment and other constitutional protections through politically motivated actions.
- Noem said hundreds more federal officers are being dispatched to secure the operation, which already involves more than 2,000 personnel in the Twin Cities for fraud-related probes.
- The legal push follows the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, with widely circulated videos undercutting the government's self-defense narrative and spurring nationwide protests.
- The FBI is leading the shooting investigation while excluding Minnesota investigators, and Illinois filed a similar challenge to federal enforcement actions.