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Attorney General William Tong today, joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Minnesota’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s allegedly "extraordinary campaign of lawlessness" during its deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol to the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Note that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched "Operation Metro Surge" in December 2025, surging thousands of federal agents into the sanctuary, fraud-plagued state of Minnesota. DHS revealed that Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, released nearly 470 criminal illegal aliens back into communities since President Trump took office, ignoring over 1,360 active ICE detainers for individuals in custody, including murderers, rapists, gang members, child predators, and fraudsters.
In the brief, the coalition urges the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to order an immediate halt to the federal government’s actions — actions they say "are visiting unacceptable harm on Minnesota, its cities, and people, and show unprecedented disregard for foundational constitutional principles" by targeting criminal illegals.
“What’s happening in Minnesota is not immigration enforcement. It’s a lawless and reckless militarized assault on an entire American city. A mother dropping her child off at daycare is dead. A baby was tear-gassed to the point of unconsciousness. A five-year-old was detained and used as bait. Businesses cannot operate. Schools cannot teach. Trump’s dangerous attack on Minnesota will not end in the Twin Cities unless the courts act now to restore public safety and the rule of law,” said Attorney General Tong, repeating a number false narratives, for instance about the five-year-old boy.
Throughout “Operation Metro Surge”, public reporting has indicated that Secretary Noem has deployed as many as 3,000 federal immigration officers to Minnesota. Of that number, 2,000 are ICE personnel, hundreds are Border Patrol agents, and others are from Justice Department agencies.
More recently, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, and it is reported that the Pentagon is possibly preparing to deploy 1,500 troops to Minnesota.
As fas as the coalition sees it, these actions have "endangered public safety, with local law enforcement agencies being forced to divert large portions of their forces to respond to unrest caused by the federal officers."
The coalition seems uninterested in the ~470 criminal illegals and ~1,360 ignored ICE detainers in the state of Minnesota, and instead claims that the "extreme conduct" by ICE is "ripping at the fabric of society and every aspect of daily life for Minnesotans is being affected."
"Pregnant women are afraid to go to their prenatal appointments for fear that they or their loved ones will be detained by federal agents. Vibrant shopping centers have turned into ghost towns, and businesses report 50% to 80% in revenue losses due to the presence of immigration officers," complained the coalition. "As a result of the threats to public safety caused by DHS, more than 100 schools were temporarily shut down in the Minneapolis Public School system, affecting 30,000 children, and school attendance continues to drop with families afraid to send their kids to school."
In their brief, Attorney General Tong and the coalition argue that a temporary restraining order is "important to protect the public from these deliberately aggressive and unlawful immigration enforcement practices." They argue that these tactics "threaten sovereign powers — like policing and promoting the public safety, health, and welfare of the people."
In filing the brief, Attorney General Tong joins the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai’i, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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