LOADING ERROR LOADINGDespite the fatal shootings of two Americans by federal agents in Minnesota, the Trump administration’s surge of immigration officers into the Twin Cities will not be halted for now, a federal judge ruled Saturday. “Ultimately, the Court finds that the balance of harms does not decisively favor an injunction,” it adds. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shoots pepper spray at a protester outside of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck) via Associated PressAdvertisementAt least 3,000 federal agents have been dispatched to Minneapolis and St. Paul since November as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. “This decision doesn’t change what people here have lived through — fear, disruption and harm caused by a federal operation that never belonged in Minneapolis in the first place.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2026 18:01 UTC