The court hearing on #Minnesota’s effort to expel #immigration agents from the state is now on a short break. The federal judge, Kate M. Menendez, is expected to hear from lawyers for the #Trump admin soon. In making another pitch for an immediate ruling, Brian Carter, a lawyer for the state, said “the situation on the streets is so dire” that “relief is appropriate now, & it should be granted now.”
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Court is back in session in #Minneapolis, where lawyers for the #state of #Minnesota & the #TwinCities are seeking a judicial order putting an end to the #ICE surge. The judge, Kate M. Menendez, did not act on their request when it was first made after the #ReneeGood shooting, & she had pointed questions for a state lawyer this morning. Menendez is now asking questions of Brantley Mayers, a lawyer for the #Trump admin.
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Judge Menendez asked the lawyer for the #Trump admin whether the surge in #ICE enforcement would end if #Minnesota, Minneapolis & St. Paul changed their #immigration policies to the president's liking. The lawyer said he could not commit to that. [Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.] I think she is trying to ascertain whether the operation is in fact retribution & not about policy.
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Judge Kate Menendez turned to #Trump’s post on Truth Social stating, “GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING.”
“What do I do with that?” she asked.
“I don’t think that would negate the fact that there is legitimate law enforcement activity going on in #Minnesota,” said #DOJ attorney Brantley Mayers.
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Sara Lathrop, a lawyer for the city of #Minneapolis, tells a federal judge that an order blocking the #Trump admin’s #immigration enforcement surge is needed because the operation is “so unprecedented, so intense, & it has created such an environment of fear.” Lathrop said the events of the weekend, when federal agents shot #AlexPretti in the back while he was restrained, demonstrated that the “situation is absolutely untenable.”
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The federal court hearing on whether to expel #ICE agents from #Minnesota has ended. Judge Kate M. Menendez did not rule from the bench after hearing from lawyers for the state, the Twin Cities & the #Trump admin, & did not provide a timeline for when she might issue a written decision. “If I had a burner in front of the front burner,” she said, “this would be on it.”
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