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Minnesota Claims the ICE Surge Is Illegal. A Judge Will Hear Arguments on Monday.
A federal judge in Minnesota will consider an extraordinary legal question on Monday: Can a deployment of federal law enforcement officers be so dangerous and so intrusive that it violates a state’s sovereignty under the 10th Amendment?Lawyers for the state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, have claimed that the Trump administration’s surge of some 3,000 immigration agents to the state has crossed the line into an unconstitutional and illegal occupation. They have asked a judge to temporarily halt the surge, which has led to three shootings, thousands of arrests and tense protests.
The Trump administration has dismissed the state’s legal theory, saying in court filings that it “would constitute an unprecedented act of judicial overreach” to expel federal officers from Minnesota. They have argued that Operation Metro Surge, as the administration has named its Minnesota campaign, is fully legal, and that it is up to the federal government to decide when and how to enforce federal laws.
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Perhaps MN officials are taking an one step at a time approach. First, at the least put a temporary judicial halt on ICE's activities in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The people there have been terrorized by Gregory Bovino's marauding gangs of masked men long enough.
Second (this is speculation on my part) indict the ICE agents involved in the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Because this is not yet the country trump and Stephen Miller want. One where federal agents can gun down people in the streets with impunity. Or violate their 4th A rights. Or routinely get away with an excessive use of force. No matter how hard the regime tries to turn the country in to a police state.......this is still America.
I have no idea how the judge will rule. I just know a case like this wouldn't come before a court during any other prez's term. When federal troops have been used in the past it has typically been at the governor's request to control violence. In this case, no such request has been made while federal troops are causing the violence.