US President Donald Trump on Sunday (February 1) warned that federal authorities would not intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-run cities unless local governments formally request assistance, while pledging a forceful response to protect federal property. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he had instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi…
A federal judge Katherine M. Menendez on Saturday said she will not stop US President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities. She rejected a request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by state Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. According…
A US judge has denied Minnesota’s request to pause the Trump administration’s recent surge of thousands of immigration enforcement agents in the state. US District Judge Katherine Menendez’s order will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies to maintain approximately 3,000 officers deployed in Minnesota — primarily in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and…
The German Federal Foreign Office updated its travel guidance for citizens planning to visit the United States, citing safety and public-order concerns linked to protests and federal immigration enforcement operations. The advisory also reiterated warnings related to severe winter storm disruptions across many parts of the US this season. Warning highlights violent clashes and protests…
Minnesota officials urged a US judge to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement in the state, citing fatal shootings by federal agents and other violent encounters since thousands of officers were deployed late last year. US District Judge Katherine Menendez didn’t rule during the hearing in Minneapolis on Monday and didn’t say…
US President Donald Trump has dispatched his top border official, Tom Homan, to Minnesota as his administration faces mounting political, legal and public pressure over a hardline immigration crackdown that has triggered mass protests and the fatal shootings of two US citizens by federal agents. The move signals an effort by the White House to…
The Trump administration urged a judge to reject Minnesota’s request for an immediate order halting the recent escalation of federal immigration enforcement in the state, accusing local authorities of wrongly trying to exercise a “veto” over the US government. In a court filing Monday evening in Minnesota, Justice Department officials called the state’s push for…
(Bloomberg) — Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis urged a judge to restrict immigration officers’ use of force, at a high-stakes hearing less than a week after a federal agent shot and killed a woman in her car. The lawsuit was filed in December, weeks before an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed Minneapolis mother Renee Good…
