Judge to hear case on Minnesota’s ICE crackdown after killings by federal agents – US politics live

Suit seeks to reduce the number of agents back to levels before ICE launched its so-called ‘Operation Metro Surge’ last month

We are restarting our live coverage in the aftermath of the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday, as pressure grows on the Trump administration to fully investigate the fatal shooting amid mounting bipartisan opposition to ICE’s presence in Minnesota.

A federal judge will hear arguments later today on whether she should halt the often brutal immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the killings of two 37-year-old US citizens in under a month by government officers.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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