Minneapolis, Minnesota — Civil rights groups and state leaders are escalating their response to federal immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota as legal and political pressure mounts on the Biden administration’s successor.
On Thursday, the ACLU of Minnesota filed a class action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and its federal immigration agencies, including ICE, alleging a pattern of indiscriminate arrests based on racial and ethnic profiling. The lawsuit claims federal agents targeted individuals perceived to be Somali or Latino, in some cases arresting U.S. citizens without warrants or probable cause.
According to the complaint, the enforcement actions violate constitutional protections and have created widespread fear within immigrant communities. The ACLU is seeking an emergency court order to halt what it describes as ongoing civil rights violations by ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and other federal agents operating in the state.
Tensions have been visible on the ground. Protesters confronted federal immigration officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis earlier this week, prompting strong reactions from local officials. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the federal presence was “causing chaos,” while Governor Tim Walz accused federal agencies of traumatizing communities.
Walz argued that the situation has moved beyond immigration enforcement. “This long ago stopped being about immigration enforcement,” he said, calling the operations an organized campaign of brutality.
The dispute intensified after President Donald Trump suggested he could invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807. Writing on Truth Social, Trump warned that the U.S. military could be deployed for law enforcement if Minnesota officials fail to stop what he described as attacks on ICE agents.
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