{"id":2533936,"date":"2026-01-12T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-and-illinois-sue-trump-administration-over-ice-invasion\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:11:08","slug":"minnesota-and-illinois-sue-trump-administration-over-ice-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-and-illinois-sue-trump-administration-over-ice-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota and Illinois sue Trump administration over ICE &#8216;invasion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-and-illinois-sue-trump-administration-over-ice-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2533936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota and Illinois attorneys general sued the Trump governance seeking to limit federal immigration enforcement operations they say amount to a &#8220;federal invasion.&#8221; Filed after a controversial ICE agent shooting in Minneapolis that killed Renee Good, the suits allege Operation Metro Surge (and Chicago&#8217;s cited operation Midway Blitz) involve military-style, unlawful tactics &#8211; warrantless arrests, excessive force, chemical agents, and targeting of courts &#8211; in violation of the Tenth Amendment and federal law.Minnesota&#8217;s case, brought in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota by AG Keith Ellison, asks courts to bar ICE and other DHS personnel (including CBP) from making arrests without probable cause, threatening or brandishing weapons against people not subject to immigration arrests, and from conducting certain operations in the state. Illinois&#8217;s suit, joined by Chicago and filed by AG Kwame Raoul, raises similar claims about aggressive enforcement in that state. DHS has defended the surge, saying it has led to more than 1,500 arrests of suspected criminals; the administration and federal agents have said the Minneapolis shooting was justified and have opened a federal investigation.The lawsuits name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-marshall-sends-letter-to-fauci-demanding-copies-of-financial-disclosure-following-heated-exchange\/\" title=\"Sen. Marshall Sends Letter to Fauci Demanding Copies of Financial Disclosure Following Heated Exchange\">multiple federal officials<\/a> (including Kristi Noem, ICE Director Todd Lyons, and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino) and seek to curb further federal enforcement activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Minnesota and Illinois sue Trump administration over &lsquo;federal invasion&rsquo; of immigration officers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2471061\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/attorneys-general\/\">attorneys general<\/a> filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to restrict <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> from operating in their states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&rsquo;s and Illinois&rsquo;s move to sue the Trump administration marks the latest reaction to a controversial shooting that occurred last week, in which an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4413371\/trump-administration-claims-video-from-minnesota-officers-pov-proves-he-acted-in-self-defense\/\">ICE agent killed a Minneapolis woman <\/a>accused of trying to ram him over with her vehicle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4415290\/robert-mcbride-fired-lindsey-halligan-office-comey-case\/\">Top attorney in Lindsey Halligan&#8217;s office ousted after disagreement in Comey case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414774\/jack-smith-opens-law-firm-former-doj-lawyers-worked-january-6-cases\/\">Jack Smith&nbsp;opens&nbsp;law firm with former DOJ lawyers who worked on Jan. 6 cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4414568\/bongino-podcast-return-february-amid-war-anti-trump-black-pillers\/\">Bongino makes podcast return in February amid war with anti-Trump &#8216;black-pillers&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Illinois&rsquo;s lawsuit, joined by Chicago, questioned ICE&rsquo;s tactics, particularly throughout the immigration enforcement effort &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3809946\/dhs-chicago-midway-blitz-arrests\/\">Operation Midway Blitz<\/a>.&rdquo; Agents utilized violent and unlawful tactics in violation of the Tenth Amendment and federal statutes, alleged the lawsuit, which was filed by Attorney General Kwame Raoul.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Though Defendants describe this assault as &lsquo;immigration enforcement,&rsquo; the reality is that uniformed, military-trained personnel, carrying semi-automatic firearms and military-grade weaponry, have rampaged for months through Chicago and surrounding areas, lawlessly stopping, interrogating, and arresting residents, and attacking them with chemical weapons,&rdquo; court filings read. <\/p>\n<p>Minnesota and the Twin Cities, known as the metropolitan hot spot encompassing Minneapolis and Saint Paul, filed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Minnesota-lawsuit-against-ICE.pdf\">its lawsuit <\/a>in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. If it passes legal muster, ICE, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government agencies aiding immigration enforcement<\/a> through &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/12\/12\/ice-arrests-worst-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens-including-pedophiles-rapists-and\">Operation Metro Surge<\/a>,&rdquo; including Customs and Border Protection agents, would be ordered to halt or limit operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy, and our differences of opinion with the federal government is a violation of the Constitution and of federal law,&rdquo; Attorney General Keith Ellison said, calling the surge &ldquo;a federal invasion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We allege that the surge&rsquo;s reckless impact on our schools, on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a>, is a violation of the 10th Amendment and the sovereign laws and powers of the Constitution grants to states. We allege that DHS forces use of excessive and lethal force, their warrantless racist arrests, their targeting of our courts,&rdquo; he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, announced last month that it was surging immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Since then, ICE and other federal agents have arrested more than 1,500 illegal immigrants, including alleged murderers, child predators, rapists, and gang members across Minnesota, since Operation Metro Surge began, DHS said last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The surge attracted national notice on Jan. 7 when an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good, a Minnesota resident, claiming self-defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The deadly shooting sparked a federal investigation and sweeping controversy, with the Trump administration saying the killing was justified due to claims the agent was in fear for his life. Critics believe the incident more closely resembled a murder and a concerning use of government force.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit brought Monday, Ellison accused the Trump administration of causing &ldquo;serious harm&rdquo; with the surge, citing incidents such as the shooting of Good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412812\/bessent-calls-minnesota-genesis-nationwide-rollout-anti-fraud-protocols\/\"><strong>BESSENT CALLS MINNESOTA &lsquo;GENESIS&rsquo; OF NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT FOR ANTI-FRAUD PROTOCOLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud\/\" title=\"MI Lawmakers Simplify Process for Election Fraud\">attorney general&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s efforts to limit further action from the DHS through the lawsuit came just hours after Secretary Kristi Noem revealed the agency will be sending <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4414230\/dhs-hundreds-more-ice-officers-minnesota-after-deadly-shooting\/\">hundreds more agents on Sunday<\/a> and Monday to Minneapolis to allow ICE and Border Patrol agents to do their work &ldquo;safely&rdquo; amid demonstrations marking Good&rsquo;s death.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit names Noem, ICE Director Todd Lyons, and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, among other federal officials. It asks the court to block federal agents from arresting U.S. citizens and visa holders without probable cause that they have committed a crime. And it seeks a ban on agents threatening to use physical force or brandishing weapons against people who are not subject to an immigration arrest, such as Good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minn. &amp; Ill. sue feds over immigration &#8216;invasion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2533937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26012663109813.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[8364,3813,4585],"class_list":["post-2533936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-lawsuit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26012663109813.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533940,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533936\/revisions\/2533940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}