A federal judge has denied Minnesota’s request to immediately halt the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement–led Operation Metro Surge.
Saturday’s ruling said the state and two cities failed to meet the high legal bar required to block a federal law enforcement operation at this stage of the case.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez signed the order on Saturday and said the plaintiffs “have not met their burden” for the “extraordinary remedy” of a preliminary injunction.
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