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Miles Archer

(23,319 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:36 PM Jan 26

U.S. judge declines to rule on withdrawing officers from Minnesota

U.S. judge declines to rule on withdrawing officers from Minnesota

The president spoke with Gov. Tim Walz on Monday as tensions rise in Minneapolis after a second person was shot to death by federal agents.

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-to-send-border-czar-tom-homan-to-minnesota

Jan. 26, 2026, 2:45 PM EST
By
Sydney Carruth
A federal judge in Minnesota declined to rule Monday on a request from state officials for an immediate halt to the Trump administration’s mass deployment of federal immigration officers to the Minneapolis area.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez, a Biden appointee, expressed concern over the administration’s justification for the deployment in a court hearing Monday. The operation has resulted in the killing of two American citizens by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis in recent weeks.

On Saturday, U.S. immigration agents fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, leading to clashes between protesters and officers near the scene of the killing. Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot to death by an ICE officer blocks from her Minneapolis home on Jan. 7.

A Department of Homeland Security official told MS NOW on Monday that investigators are “currently reviewing” body camera footage from multiple angles taken at the time Pretti was shot to death.

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U.S. judge declines to rule on withdrawing officers from Minnesota (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 26 OP
Why? sinkingfeeling Jan 26 #1
The story doesn't have a link to any ruling. TomSlick Jan 26 #4
I'm not sure what that means..... Bayard Jan 26 #2
Could this judge be waiting to see if these federal terrorists allow the State in Minnesota to do the investigation. bluestarone Jan 26 #3

TomSlick

(13,014 posts)
4. The story doesn't have a link to any ruling.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:37 PM
Jan 26

The story only said more time was needed for a decision.

Bayard

(29,723 posts)
2. I'm not sure what that means.....
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:58 PM
Jan 26

"“The President also agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota and working with the state in a more coordinated fashion on immigration enforcement regarding violent criminals,” a spokesperson for Walz said." I have not seen a single violent criminal on video since this operation began nationwide. The Gov shouldn't have much to worry about in that regard.

bluestarone

(22,196 posts)
3. Could this judge be waiting to see if these federal terrorists allow the State in Minnesota to do the investigation.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:15 PM
Jan 26

Then make a decision?

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