Category: Immigration and Federal Response

  • King County Joins Lawsuit Challenging Federal Immigration Enforcement Operation in Minnesota

    King County Joins Lawsuit Challenging Federal Immigration Enforcement Operation in Minnesota

    Summary King County Executive Girmay Zahilay released the following statement after the county joined an amicus brief in the Minnesota v. Noem case, arguing that the Trump administration’s deployment of masked, armed federal immigration enforcement officials into the Minneapolis metro area – known as “Operation Metro Surge” – is unconstitutional and unlawful.  Story “King County stands with the people of Minnesota in pushing back against the dangerous, illegal, and unconstitutional deployment of federal immigration enforcement agents into their state,” said Executive Zahilay. “The fatal…