Minnesota judge refuses to block Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis

Published January 31, 2026 2:14pm ET



A federal judge on Saturday denied a request from Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul for a halt to federal immigration enforcement in the city as part of Operation Metro Surge.

The ruling comes weeks after she had sided against the Trump administration in an order restricting federal officers’ crowd-control tactics in Minneapolis.

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