Local leaders from Minneapolis and St. Paul sued the Department of Homeland Security on Jan. 12 due to increasing tensions between ICE and residents in the state.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Operation Metro Surge in early December with the goal of combatting fraud. Now, there are about 3,000 federal agents in the Twin Cities, according to NPR.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her filed a lawsuit against the DHS, claiming the department violated the First and Tenth Amendments…