{"id":2565041,"date":"2026-02-05T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:15:57","slug":"mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-4\/","title":{"rendered":"MN prosecutor seeks &#8216;immediate&#8217; relief amid influx of 425 immigration lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-4%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=2565041&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 top federal prosecutor in Minnesota is asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to move quickly on a key immigration-enforcement dispute, saying his office is overwhelmed by a surge of habeas petitions tied to the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation push in the Twin Cities. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, a Trump appointee, said the office is short-staffed and has had to abandon pressing civil priorities to handle hundreds of emergency petitions filed by immigrants detained during Operation Metro Surge; in January alone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-3\/\" title=\"MN prosecutor seeks &#039;immediate&#039; ... of 425 ... lawsuits\">427 immigration-related habeas cases<\/a> were filed in the District of Minnesota, with the pace expected to continue. The civil-litigation team is reportedly down about 50%,and remaining attorneys are working overtime,with the court imposing tight deadlines even on nights and weekends. Rosen urged the 8th Circuit to provide an immediate resolution on the appeal or, at least, to schedule expedited oral argument, warning that without faster relief, the office\u2019s resources will be drained as more petitions arrive. The case centers on the legality of the Trump administration\u2019s indefinite detention policies under INA \u00a7 236(c) and the split between immigration courts and district courts, a dispute that could shape how detention and removal proceedings are handled nationwide.  <\/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 prosecutor seeks &lsquo;immediate&rsquo; relief amid influx of 427 immigration lawsuits<\/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_2494608\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The top federal prosecutor in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/page\/177\/\">Minnesota<\/a> is urging an appeals court to move quickly over a key immigration enforcement dispute, saying his office is buckling under a flood of lawsuits against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a>&rsquo;s mass deportation push in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4418636\/minnesota-faces-doj-lawsuit-alleging-discrimination-dei-hiring-practices\/\">Daniel Rosen<\/a>, an appointee of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, said his short-staffed office has been forced to abandon &ldquo;pressing and important priorities&rdquo; to manage hundreds of emergency habeas petitions filed by immigrants arrested and detained during Operation Metro Surge. In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186\/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186.00805443733.0.pdf\">Jan. 30 filing<\/a> to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, Rosen disclosed that 427 immigration-related habeas cases were filed in the District of Minnesota in January alone, with the pace expected to continue into February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4447074\/appeals-court-question-church-bid-revive-ice-sensitive-places-policy\/\">Appeals court questions church&#8217;s bid to revive ICE&#8217;s &#8216;sensitive&#8217; places policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4447782\/paul-weiss-chairman-brad-karp-resigns-doj-epstein\/\">Paul Weiss chairman resigns after DOJ files reveals contact with Epstein after conviction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4447202\/anti-ice-antifa-terrorist-kyle-wagner-arrested-minneapolis-threatening-agents-doj\/\">&#8216;Anti-ICE Antifa TERRORIST&#8217; arrested in Minneapolis for threatening federal agents: DOJ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;To respond to this wave of habeas petitions, this Office has been forced to shift its already limited resources from other pressing and important priorities,&rdquo; Rosen wrote in a declaration submitted to the appeals court. &ldquo;The MN-USAO has canceled all [affirmative civil enforcement] work and any other affirmative priorities &hellip; and is operating in a reactive mode.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rosen, a Trump appointee confirmed by the Senate in October, said his office&rsquo;s civil litigation team in his office is &ldquo;down 50%&rdquo; following a wave of resignations and departures at the start of Operation Metro Surge. Remaining attorneys, he said, are appearing daily for emergency hearings, often on nights, weekends, and holidays.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court is setting deadlines within hours, including weekends and holidays. Paralegals are continuously working overtime. Lawyers are continuously working overtime,&rdquo; Rosen wrote, adding that swift appellate intervention is &ldquo;desperately needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Justice Department<\/a> echoed those concerns in a filing submitted Thursday in the case at hand,&nbsp;<em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186\/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186.00805447572.0.pdf\">Herrera Avila v. Bondi<\/a><\/em>, urging the 8th Circuit to resolve the appeal on the briefs or, alternatively, to expedite oral argument. DOJ attorneys said the &ldquo;crushing burden&rdquo; of immigration litigation has forced U.S. attorney offices across the circuit to divert resources from &ldquo;other critical priorities, including criminal matters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A significant part of the burden facing the federal government is the lack of clarity from federal circuit courts on the legality of the Trump administration&rsquo;s indefinite detainment of illegal aliens detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The 8th Circuit has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits-2\/\" title=\"MN prosecutor seeks &#039;immediate&#039; ... of 425 ... lawsuits\">generally conservative ideological makeup<\/a>, as the majority of its judges were appointed by Republican presidents. More recently, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4434735\/appeals-court-pause-limits-ice-tactics-minnesota\/\">the appeals court sided<\/a> with the Trump administration after a lower court temporarily limited ICE&rsquo;s tactics for mitigating protests. It could soon have a chance to weigh in on the efforts by pro-immigration lawyers to stop deportations using the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration advocacy groups have so far been able to make the Trump administration appear as if it is losing the legal battle over its mandatory detention policies by following rinse-and-repeat patterns in district courts. In Minnesota, groups such as the American Immigration Council or the American Immigration Lawyers Association file a habeas petition to a federal judge, who more often than not grants temporary release to the detained immigration enforcement target.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&rsquo;s legal justification for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mn-prosecutor-seeks-immediate-relief-amid-influx-of-425-immigration-lawsuits\/\" title=\"MN prosecutor seeks &#039;immediate&#039; ... of 425 ... lawsuits\">indefinite detentions pending final orders<\/a> of removal hinges directly on the Immigration and Nationality Act&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/uscode.house.gov\/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1226&amp;num=0&amp;edition=prelim\">&sect; 236(c)<\/a>, which permits arrests and detainment pending a final deportation order. Those come from immigration courts, not district courts. With the passage of the INA, Congress tasked immigration courts with handling removal proceedings, thereby stripping district courts of jurisdiction over immigration matters.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 district judges in Minnesota and elsewhere have so far rejected the government&rsquo;s mandatory detention policies, ordering detainees released or granted bond hearings. That has fueled a surge of copycat filings nationwide. All the while, appeals courts have yet to address whether the administration&rsquo;s interpretation of the INA comports with the law.<\/p>\n<p>However, resolutions to this debate may be on the horizon. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit could become the first to issue a decision over the Trump administration&rsquo;s detainment policy following recent Feb. 3 oral arguments in the case <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/71870107\/buenrostro-mendez-v-bondi\/\">Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4446565\/government-lawyer-told-job-sucks-sent-back-to-dhs\/\">GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY WHO TOLD JUDGE &lsquo;THIS JOB SUCKS&rsquo; SENT BACK TO DHS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And according to Rosen, relief cannot come soon enough. In his Jan. 30 court filing, he asked the 8th Circuit to reach an &ldquo;immediate resolution&rdquo; upon its review of the briefs, or, if not, to promptly schedule an oral argument hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absent expedited review, the resources of this Office will continue to be drained as hundreds more habeas petitions are filed,&rdquo; Rosen said, warning that &ldquo;other important responsibilities and other priorities will be compromised.&rdquo;<\/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>Minnesota\u2019s U.S. Attorney, Daniel Rosen, a Trump appointee, is asking the 8th Circuit to rule quickly on a key immigration-detention dispute, saying his office is being overwhelmed by a flood of lawsuits tied to the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation drive in the Twin Cities. He said January alone produced 427 immigration-related habeas petitions in the District of Minnesota, with more expected in February. To cope, his office has redirected scarce resources from other priorities, canceled affirmative civil-enforcement work, and is operating largely in a reactive mode. The civil-litigation team has been cut about in half by resignations, and the remaining lawyers are handling emergency hearings\u2014often at odd hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Rosen urged the court to issue an immediate resolution on the briefs or, at minimum, to speed up oral argument. The Justice Department backed the request, warning that the heavy burden of immigration litigation is draining U.S. attorney offices across the circuit and pulling resources away from criminal matters. Much of the dispute centers on the legality of indefinitely detaining illegal entrants under INA 236(c), which allows detention pending removal orders issued by immigration courts rather than by district courts. While many district judges have rejected mandatory detention policies, appellate courts have yet to settle the issue; the 5th Circuit could be first to weigh in after recent oral arguments in Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi. Rosen stressed that expedited relief is essential, or the office will continue to lose resources as new habeas petitions arrive and other priorities suffer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2565042,"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\/AP26007655143346.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3813,7976,5698,6215],"class_list":["post-2565041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-immigration","tag-lawsuits","tag-minnesota","tag-prosecutor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26007655143346.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565041","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565049,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565041\/revisions\/2565049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2565042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}