Minnesota Judge Declines to Block DHS From Profiling Residents

Three Minnesota residents aren’t entitled to a court order barring federal immigration agents from stopping people based on their perceived race or ethnicity.

Even though the plaintiffs have shown that federal agents “likely maintained unconstitutional policies,” they haven’t shown that they face an immediate threat of harm given the drawdown of Operation Metro Surge, Judge Eric C. Tostrud of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota said in a Monday order denying a preliminary injunction.

The Minnesota residents alleged that federal immigration agents were systematically stopping people believed to be of Somali or Latino descent without any ...