February 27, 2026
The Trump administration cannot "terrorize" refugees under a policy that "raises serious constitutional concerns," a Minnesota federal judge said Friday, blocking the federal government from arresting and detaining refugees living in Minnesota for having not yet received green cards.
February 19, 2026
Constitutional concerns took center stage during a hearing in Minnesota federal court on Thursday on whether to continue blocking the Trump administration from further detaining any of the roughly 5,600 refugees in Minnesota who have not yet secured their green card.
February 10, 2026
The Trump administration must continue to refrain from arresting and detaining refugees in Minnesota who haven't yet secured permanent resident status, a Minnesota federal court has ruled, finding no support in the Immigration and Nationality Act for their mandatory detention.
February 04, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge on Wednesday appeared to doubt the necessity of sweeping detentions of refugees in Minnesota who have not yet secured their green cards, questioning the Trump administration's powers to return refugees to federal custody.
January 28, 2026
The Minnesota federal court's chief judge admonished U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday for violating nearly 100 court orders concerning the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota while another judge, on the same day, temporarily blocked ICE from unlawfully arresting and detaining refugees in the North Star State.
January 26, 2026
Refugees living in Minnesota have filed a proposed class action urging a federal court to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from targeting them and other lawfully admitted refugees in the state with warrantless arrests and unauthorized detentions.