A federal judge heard arguments on Jan. 26 from the state of Minnesota calling for an emergency block to the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities over the past two months.
The plaintiffs claim that the federal government’s immigration agent buildup, “Operation Metro Surge,” breaches Minnesota’s state sovereignty and violates the 10th Amendment, which grants authority to the states that the Constitution does not explicitly delegate to the federal government.
“I think that this weekend demonstrated, in a terrifying way, that the current situation is absolutely untenable,” attorney Sara Lathrop said, referring to the shooting of a U.S. citizen by a Border Patrol agent on Jan. 24….
Judge Weighs Minnesota’s Request to Block Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge
