A Minnesota judge will decide whether to pause federal immigration operations after two deaths, with the state challenging the crackdown's legality.

After two people were shot and killed by federal agents, a federal judge in Minneapolis will hear arguments on whether to temporarily halt Minnesota's immigration enforcement crackdown, Operation Metro Surge. Calling the surge an unprecedented constitutional overreach, the state and cities filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security; however, the Justice Department rejected the lawsuit as having no legal foundation. Evidence from one shooting has been ordered to be preserved by a different judge, and another case involving peaceful protesters is still being investigated. The result may have an effect on immigration enforcement and federal-state relations.