Minnesota sues Trump administration over widespread immigration operations

By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

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The state of Minnesota is suing the Trump administration, arguing that the widespread federal immigration operations in the state is "a federal invasion of the Twin Cities," according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

Meanwhile, around 1000 additional US Customs and Border Protection agents are expected to deploy to Minneapolis, according to two federal law enforcement sources, as tensions between federal law enforcement and local counterparts flare after an ICE-involved shooting last week left a mother of three dead.

The agents started deploying Friday and continued over the weekend, one of the sources said. That comes on top of a deployment of about 2,000 federal agents to the area that CNN reported early last week.

Videos of last week's shooting are still emerging, and there's more to be learned, but the surge is the latest development in the monthslong spat between the Democratic-led city and the federal government after President Donald Trump first ramped up immigration enforcement in the Minneapolis area in December - dubbed Operation Metro Surge, which a federal official initially said was targeting undocumented Somali immigrants but also led to the arrests of immigrants from other nations.

"DHS law enforcement have made over 2,000 arrests since Operation Metro Surge began," Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Monday.

Officials in the