Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents

By Tim Stelloh Officials in Minnesota are suing the federal government to stop the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to Minnesota, the state’s top prosecutor said Monday. “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,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference. Calling the deployment a federal “invasion of the Twin Cities,” he said: “This has to stop.” The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, includes the cities of Minneapolis

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