States sue over Trump immigration crackdown, alleging constitutional overreach and civil-rights harms
Minnesota and Illinois filed separate lawsuits against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, arguing the federal operations terrorize communities, strain local police resources, and violate the Constitution. The suits accuse DHS, ICE, CBP and Border Patrol of militarized tactics in public spaces and racial profiling against Somali and Hispanic residents, seeking an injunction to halt the operations and calling the actions political retaliation against sanctuary jurisdictions. The states note ongoing funding withdrawals tied to immigration policy noncompliance and warn the crackdown will persist for years, with thousands of federal agents deployed to the Twin Cities and Chicago, effectively turning parts of their cities into war zones.