A federal judge declined to immediately halt an intensified wave of immigration enforcement operations unfolding across Minnesota, determining that the court lacked sufficient time to fully analyze the sweeping constitutional questions raised by the state and several cities. The decision allows federal agents to continue their activities for now, even as legal challenges mount and public scrutiny intensifies. At the center of the dispute is whether the Biden administration’s expanded immigration enforcement campaign has crossed constitutional boundaries through aggressive tactics that state and local officials say violate civil liberties. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez, who presided over an emergency hearing on the matter, emphasized that the request before her involved complex and unsettled questions of law. She explained that issuing a ruling without a more thorough review would be inappropriate, given the potential national implications of restricting federal immigration authority.
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