"The Trump administration won an appeals court order blocking a judge's restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics for dealing with protesters in Minnesota. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday put an indefinite hold on a lower-court judge's Jan. 16 order that prevented officers from arresting, detaining, pepper-spraying or retaliating against peaceful protesters in Minneapolis. The ruling will remain paused while the government's appeal plays out."
"A lawsuit filed in December alleged that federal officers violated the constitutional rights of six protesters, including boxing in a civilian's car and pointing a rifle inside. Protests have continued across Minneapolis, where ICE agents fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and placed 1,500 US troops on standby to assist federal agents in Minnesota."
"US District Judge Katherine Menendez said in her Jan. 16 order that the protesters had shown "an ongoing, persistent pattern" of intimidating conduct by ICE officers. She said she could not "ignore the almost-nonstop press reporting of continuing protest activity met with continuing aggressive responses by immigration officers operating in the Twin Cities." Menendez, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, is also weighing a request by Minnesota state officials for an order pausing the deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers in the state."
An appeals court placed an indefinite hold on a Jan. 16 order that barred ICE officers from arresting, detaining, pepper-spraying or retaliating against peaceful Minneapolis protesters, keeping the restrictions paused during the government's appeal. A December lawsuit alleges federal officers violated the constitutional rights of six protesters, including boxing a civilian's car and pointing a rifle inside. Protests continued after ICE agents fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and placed 1,500 troops on standby. Judge Katherine Menendez is considering a separate request to pause deployment of immigration enforcement officers and questioned the Justice Department's rationale for the surge.
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