Overview
- A federal judge, Katherine Menendez, denied Minnesota, Minneapolis and St. Paul’s request to halt Operation Metro Surge, allowing deployments to continue while the lawsuit proceeds.
- The Justice Department opened a civil-rights investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced.
- President Donald Trump instructed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem not to send federal forces into protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked, while directing agents to protect federal property forcefully.
- US District Judge Fred Biery ordered 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from a Texas detention facility as their immigration case moves forward.
- White House border czar Tom Homan said any reduction of agents in Minnesota will hinge on whether local authorities allow ICE to take custody of immigrants from jails and prisons.