{"id":2562113,"date":"2026-02-02T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown-3\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:47:40","slug":"biden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden-Appointed Federal Judge Smacks Down Minnesota&#8217;s Attempt to Block ICE Crackdown"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown-3%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=2562113&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>A U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/half-dont-believe-doj-is-handling-hunter-biden-investigation-in-nonpartisan-manner\/\" title=\"Many doubt DOJ&#039;s impartiality in Hunter Biden investigation.\">district judge refused<\/a> to block Operation Metro Surge,finding that Minnesota,Minneapolis and St. Paul had not shown they deserved the \u201cextraordinary\u201d relief of a preliminary injunction. Judge Katherine Menendez, a Biden nominee, wrote the plaintiffs offered no clear metric to show when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ladies-of-the-view-link-trumps-immigration-enforcement-to-bonkers-plot-to-cancel-midterms-declare-martial-law-6\/\" title=\"Ladies of &#039;The View&#039; Link Trump&#039;s ... to Bonkers Plot to &#039;Cancel&#039; Midterms, Declare &#039;Martial ...&#039;\">lawful federal enforcement<\/a> becomes unlawful commandeering and said courts should be reluctant to micromanage multifaceted federal law\u2011enforcement decisions. The surge,wich began in December,has led federal officials to report roughly 3,000 arrests; federal lawyers insist the operation is focused on immigration enforcement and deny political motives. Minnesota officials, including Mayor Jacob Frey and Attorney General Keith Ellison, say they will continue legal efforts to stop the operation, and state counsel described the federal presence as an \u201cinvasion.\u201d National figures reacted politically: the article quotes Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former AG Pam Bondi praising the ruling.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota&rsquo;s effort to use the courts as a vehicle to immediately end the immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has failed.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez &nbsp;said Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the state of Minnesota &ldquo;have not met their burden&rdquo; to cut Operation Metro Surge short through the &ldquo;extraordinary remedy&rdquo; of a preliminary injunction, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/federal-judge-rejects-minnesota-request-block-ice-led-operation-metro-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Metro Surge began in December. Federal officials said about 3,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a win for public safety and law and order,&rdquo; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/2017659644857012234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Biden-appointed federal judge denied Minnesota&rsquo;s lawsuit to end Operation Metro Surge.<\/p>\n<p>This is a win for public safety and law and order. These are just a few of the criminal illegal aliens we have arrested in the last week in Minneapolis:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/2017659644857012234?\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Menendez, nominated by former President Joe Biden, did not take a position on Operation Metro Surge.<\/p>\n<p>She said the state and cities &ldquo;provided no metric by which to determine when lawful law enforcement becomes unlawful commandeering, simply arguing that the excesses of Operation Metro Surge are so extreme that the surge exceeds whatever line must exist,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/31\/us\/judge-minnesota-ice-ruling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A proclamation that Operation Metro Surge has simply gone &lsquo;so far on the other side of the line&rsquo; is a thin reed on which to base a preliminary injunction,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis and state Attorney General Keith Ellison said they continue their legal effort to end the immigration enforcement operation.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Middlecamp, a lawyer for the state had called the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown\/\" title=\"Biden-Appointed Federal Judge Smacks Down ...&#039;s Attempt to Block ICE Crackdown\">federal agents &#038;nbsp<\/a>;an &ldquo;invasion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brantley Mayers, representing the Trump administration, rejected state and local claims that the operation was a form of political payback.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is nothing to back up this claim that we&rsquo;re here for another reason,&rdquo; Mayers said, insisting that immigration enforcement was the reason for the surge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court is particularly reluctant to take a side in the debate about the purpose behind Operation Metro Surge,&rdquo; Menendez wrote, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/31\/minnesota-immigration-surge-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only is it difficult to identify a single motivation for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-appointed-federal-judge-smacks-down-minnesotas-attempt-to-block-ice-crackdown-2\/\" title=\"Biden-Appointed Federal Judge Smacks Down ...&#039;s Attempt to Block ICE Crackdown\">significant multifaceted operation<\/a>, but doing so would venture into a uniquely controversial political question.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court can readily imagine scenarios where the federal executive must legitimately vary its use of law enforcement resources from one state to the next, and there is no precedent for a court to micromanage such decisions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another HUGE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> legal win in Minnesota just now: a Biden-appointed district judge denied Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison&rsquo;s attempt to keep ICE out of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Neither sanctuary policies nor meritless litigation will stop the Trump Administration from&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2017646363039715514?\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the ruling in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2017646363039715514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"CS7MEYJKZBE6ZFY7KP46KJHDQM\" data-el=\"text\">&ldquo;Neither sanctuary policies nor meritless litigation will stop the Trump Administration from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enforcing federal law<\/a> in Minnesota,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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