A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of two men arrested last week after an immigration officer shot one of them in north Minneapolis.
U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Micko ruled that the two men did not pose a threat to public safety or a high risk of fleeing from court obligations, citing their past nonviolent criminal histories and familial ties. But he also stated that he had no authority over whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would immediately detain them after their release, or over possible removal proceedings.
Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, the man wounded in the Jan. 14 encounter, appeared at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul, wearing orange jumpsuits. They were brought into the courtroom by three U.S. Marshals. Both men appeared in federal court for a preliminary and detention hearing on charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or federal employees. They are scheduled for release at noon Thursday. The federal prosecutor said he plans to appeal the judge’s ruling…