"The lawsuit was filed on Monday alongside a request for a temporary restraining order, as reports emerged that an additional 1,000 Border Patrol officers are being dispatched to join the 2,000 immigration agents already operating across the state. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has characterised the deployment as its largest enforcement operation in history. State Attorney General Keith Ellison accused federal authorities of constitutional violations during a news conference announcing the legal challenge."
"Ellison said local police have been forced to respond to 20 instances of what he described as the apparent abduction of Minneapolis residents by ICE agents. The enforcement surge has prompted mass protests following the shooting death of Good on January 7. The 37-year-old mother of three was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross during a brief encounter while she sat behind the wheel of her vehicle."
Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St Paul filed a lawsuit and requested a temporary restraining order to stop a federal immigration enforcement operation. Reports indicate an additional 1,000 Border Patrol officers will join 2,000 immigration agents already operating in the state, a deployment DHS called its largest enforcement operation in history. State Attorney General Keith Ellison accused federal authorities of constitutional violations and described the deployment as a federal invasion. The lawsuit alleges excessive and lethal force, warrantless arrests, and targeting of courts, churches, and schools, and local police reported about 20 apparent abductions by ICE agents. Mass protests followed the fatal January 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent during a brief encounter while she sat in her vehicle.
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