A lawsuit filed on January 13 by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul challenges a surge of Department of Homeland Security agents in the state as unconstitutional, alleging violations of the First and Tenth Amendments, the Equal Sovereignty Principle and the Administrative Procedure Act, and asserting the operations serve as political retribution by President Donald Trump. A government filing in the case is due this week.

The legal action follows large-scale demonstrations against the federal deployments, including protests outside the Whipple Federal Building, and public outrage after a fatal shooting earlier in January involving an ICE officer during enforcement operations. The dispute raises issues of federalism, civil liberties, and the accountability of federal law-enforcement deployments to local governance and constitutional norms.

Sources: Minnesota AG and city lawsuit filing dated January 13, protest reports and ICE-related incident summaries.