Judge declines to halt Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota despite fatal shootings as lawsuit proceeds | Fortune

"The ruling on the injunction focused on the argument by Minnesota officials that the federal government is violating the Constitution's 10th Amendment, which limits the federal government's powers to infringe on the sovereignty of states. In her ruling, the judge relied heavily on whether that argument was likely to ultimately succeed in court."

"The federal government argued that the surge, dubbed Operation Metro Surge, is necessary in its effort to take criminal immigrants off the streets and because federal efforts have been hindered by state and local "sanctuary laws and policies." State and local officials argued that the surge is retaliation after the federal government's initial attempts to withhold federal funding to try to force immigration cooperation failed. "Because there is evidence supporting both sides' arguments as to motivation and the relative merits of each side's competing positions are unclear, the Court is reluctant to find that the likelihood-of-success factor weighs sufficiently in favor of granting a preliminary injunction," the judge said in the ruling."

"U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took to social media Saturday to laud the ruling, calling it "another HUGE" legal win for the Justice Department on X."

A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction that sought to halt an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities, allowing the operation to continue while litigation proceeds. State Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul challenged Department of Homeland Security actions as violating constitutional protections, including the 10th Amendment. The Justice Department called the lawsuit legally frivolous. The federal government defended Operation Metro Surge as necessary to remove criminal immigrants and cited interference from sanctuary policies, while state and local officials described the surge as retaliatory after funding disputes. Two people were fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis.

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