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A federal judge says she won\u2019t halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities as a lawsuit over it proceeds.<\/p>\n

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Judge Katherine M. Menendez on Saturday denied a preliminary injunction sought in a lawsuit filed this month by state Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul.<\/p>\n

It argued that the Department of Homeland Security is violating constitutional protections. The lawsuit sought a quick order to halt the enforcement action or limit its scope. Lawyers with the U.S. Department of Justice have called the lawsuit \u201clegally frivolous.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ruling on the injunction focused on the argument by Minnesota officials that the federal government is violating the Constitution\u2019s 10th Amendment, which limits the federal government\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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 \u201csanctuary laws and policies.\u201d State and local officials argued that the surge is retaliation after the federal government\u2019s initial attempts to\u00a0withhold federal funding\u00a0to try to force immigration cooperation failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause there is evidence supporting both sides\u2019 arguments as to motivation and the relative merits of each side\u2019s 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,\u201d the judge said in the ruling.<\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi took to social media Saturday to laud the ruling, calling it \u201canother HUGE\u201d legal win for the Justice Department on X.<\/p>\n

Federal officers have fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis:\u00a0Renee Good\u00a0on Jan. 7 and\u00a0Alex Pretti on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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