Media: Two U.S. States Sue Trump Administration
According to Reuters, Minnesota and Illinois filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday, seeking to block the federal government from sending a large number of immigration enforcement officers to the two states. A week earlier, a woman in Minnesota was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
The lawsuit, filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, names U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and several federal immigration officials as defendants. It asks the Minnesota federal court to rule that the deployment is unconstitutional and illegal. The state accuses the Republican government of racially profiling its citizens and targeting it because of its Democratic political leanings. State officials said they will request the court to issue a temporary injunction against the federal deployment during a hearing on Tuesday.
Ellison said at a press conference: "Thousands of armed, masked Department of Homeland Security officers have been deployed to Minnesota, causing serious harm to our state. This is essentially a federal invasion of the Twin Cities and the entire state of Minnesota, and it must stop."
He referred to the "Twin Cities" as Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Illinois also filed a similar federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday. Democratic Governor Jay Robert Pritzker said the Department of Homeland Security has "dangerous use of force." Illinois' lawsuit asks the court to prohibit U.S. Customs and Border Protection from conducting civil immigration enforcement in the state and seeks to limit practices such as using tear gas, entering private property without permission, and covering license plates to conceal official operations.
The lawsuit from Minnesota also requests a ban on federal law enforcement officers threatening or displaying weapons against individuals not targeted for immigration arrests, and demands that federal officers wear clearly visible identification, activate body cameras, and remove face-covering masks.
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