"Since Operation Metro Surge began in December, federal immigration agents have arrested some 4,000 people, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The result is an avalanche of cases filed in the US district court in Minnesota on behalf of people challenging their imprisonment by federal immigration enforcement agents. According to WIRED's review of court records and official judicial statistics, attorneys filed nearly as many so-called habeas corpus petitions in Minnesota alone as were filed across the US during an entire year."
"The bombardment of cases filed in federal court in Minnesota and other states is the result of two Trump administration policies: a dramatic increase in the number of people being detained, and the elimination of a key legal mechanism for securing their release. The result is a US court system in collapse: Judges, immigration attorneys, and federal prosecutors are all overwhelmed, while the people at the center of these cases remain behind bars,"
Operation Metro Surge began in December and federal immigration agents arrested about 4,000 people, according to DHS. The arrests produced an avalanche of habeas corpus petitions filed in the US district court in Minnesota, nearly matching the yearly total filed nationwide. Two Trump administration policies — a dramatic increase in detentions and elimination of a legal mechanism for release — drove the surge. Judges, immigration attorneys, and federal prosecutors are overwhelmed and exhausted. Many detainees remain incarcerated, often far from home, even after judges have ordered their release, creating severe systemic strain.
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