The number of immigration agents in Minnesota may be reduced, but they'll leave leave behind a changed community, including many U.S. citizens questioned and detained in recent weeks.

Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge are planned in Florida, Vermont, Kentucky and other states this weekend.

The decision is a major blow to state and city officials, who say the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents has terrorized residents.

Local officials had sought a preliminary injunction to stop the federal deployment of some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, arguing that the move amounted to a violation of state sovereignty.

A federal judge on Saturday denied a state government request to block the Trump administration's deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a ruling, District Court Judge Katherine Menendez said the immigration enforcement operation "has had,

People of all ages showed up in downtown Grand Rapids to protest United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement action. (Jan. 31, 2026)

A federal judge denied an effort by Minnesota and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Saturday to swiftly halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents to the state, saying officials have not cleared the legal threshold to bring an immediate pause to the operation.

Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge are planned in Florida, Vermont, Kentucky and other states this weekend.