The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that federal immigration agents in Minnesota have engaged in racial profiling, warrantless arrests and unconstitutional enforcement practices, disproportionately targeting Somali and Latino communities.
Minnesota prosecutors have filed a federal lawsuit against the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to force the Trump administration to release evidence in the shootings of three people, despite being denied by the federal government.
The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that federal immigration agents in Minnesota have engaged in racial profiling, warrantless arrests, and unconstitutional enforcement practices, disproportionately targeting Somali and Latino residents.
The ACLU has filed an amended complaint in federal court alleging violence, intimidation and retaliation by federal immigration agents against Minnesota residents who document and protest enforcement activity, detailing what it calls escalating constitutional violations in the case Tincher v. Noem.
White Minnesotans are being urged to sustain their engagement in the fight against racism beyond the current crisis, as the US has been shaped by systemic racism and white people must recognize that equality is not a zero-sum game.
The New York Times editorial board has raised the United States one level closer to autocracy in the category of stifling speech and dissent, citing recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota as evidence of a broader trend of intimidation and force against those who oppose the Trump administration’s agenda.
The ACLU and ACLU of Minnesota have submitted an urgent request to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to intervene in the escalating human rights crisis in Minnesota, citing widespread racial profiling, unlawful arrests and the use of force by federal agents deployed under a Trump administration immigration enforcement surge.
Federal immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota have intensified scrutiny and backlash after the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens, raising serious concerns about public safety, political accountability and federal obstruction of local investigations.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom issued guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate state law crimes committed by federal agents, following the federal government’s refusal to cooperate with state and local investigations into two recent federal officer-involved shooting deaths in Minnesota.
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, which would allow him to use federal troops to police civilians in an extreme emergency, but this is a rarely used power that Congress intended only for extreme emergencies and would be an unnecessary and dangerous abuse of power.
ICE’s image of professionalism is being eroded by a series of public failures, including a viral video of an agent slipping on ice while chasing protesters and a fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, which has led to a contentious investigation between federal and state authorities.
The ACLU and several private law firms have filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, alleging that federal agents have conducted warrantless stops and arrests and racially profiled Somali and Latino individuals.
Minnesota’s attorney general, mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seeking to remove federal immigration agents from the state following the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Minnesota policies that allow transgender students to participate in youth sports consistent with their gender identity, arguing the policies are lawful, evidence-based and beneficial to all students.
Black, Latino, and Tribal youth are facing disproportionately high rates of incarceration, with the Black-white disparity growing by more than 10% in 23 states, according to a report by The Sentencing Project.
A new study has found that 36 out of 87 in-custody deaths involving restraint in Maryland should have been classified as homicides but were instead labeled as accidental, natural or undetermined, highlighting systemic issues in how deaths in police custody are investigated nationwide.
The Sentencing Project’s report reveals that parole for individuals serving life sentences has been eroded, with nearly 97,000 people eligible for parole but facing delays, and recommends reforms to restore the meaning of life with parole and embrace a more just and rehabilitative approach to criminal justice.
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