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A judge did not immediately issue a decision Wednesday on Minnesota’s request to suspend play. trump card The government’s immigration crackdown in the state has seen federal agents drag people out of their cars and confront angry onlookers, telling them to pack their bags and leave.
The use of tear gas, chemical irritants and the blaring of protest whistles became commonplace on the streets. minneapolisIn particular, on January 7, an immigration officer shot Renee Good in the head as she drove away.
“What we need most right now is a pause. The temperature needs to come down,” state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter said during the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez promised to keep the case “a top priority” and gave the U.S. Department of Justice until Monday to respond to the restraining order request. Local leaders said the government’s increased enforcement efforts violated free speech and other constitutional rights.
Menendez said the state and cities still have several days to respond.
“It’s just an acknowledgment that these are serious and important issues,” the judge said of the timetable, noting that there was little legal precedent that applied to some key points in the case.
Government lawyer Andrew Warden said the slower approach laid out by Menendez was appropriate.
this Department of Homeland Security It said it had arrested more than 2,000 people in the state since early December and vowed not to give in.
“What we’re seeing now is discrimination based solely on race: Are you Latino or are you Somali? And then it becomes indiscriminate,” Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey Tell fox news. “In other words, they’re pulling people off the streets. They’re pulling American citizens off the streets, now you don’t need to take my word for it. It’s been well documented.”