(filed September 29, 2025)
U.S. v. State of Minnesota, et al. - The Trump Administration sued the State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis, City of St. Paul, Hennepin County, the Minnesota Attorney General, and the Sheriff of Hennepin County over 1) an advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion 3a-20250206) by the Minnesota Attorney General interpreting the Minnesota Constitution as prohibiting state and local law enforcement agencies from arresting and detaining people pursuant to immigration detainers, 2) provisions of Minnesota Statute § 171.12 that requires certification that data regarding a noncompliant driver’s license or identification card will not be used for civil immigration enforcement purposes before the Department of Transportation shares that information and provides the sharing or disseminating of data regarding persons “who have applied for or been issued a noncompliant driver’s license or identification card that are not immigration status data to a government entity...or federal government entity that does not enforce immigration laws,” among other things, 3) provisions of the Minneapolis Code of City Ordinances Title 2, Chapter 19 that prohibits any law enforcement action for the purpose of identifying undocumented people or verifying immigration status, among other things, 4) provisions of the St. Paul Code of Ordinances Part III, Title III, Chapter 44 that prohibits maintaining or recording immigration status, among other things, and 5) Hennepin County’s Sheriff’s Administrative Directive 21-02 that prohibits holding a person and notifying DHS/ICE of the person’s admittance or release pursuant to an immigration detainer absent a judicial warrant. Various motions to dismiss have been filed claiming the federal government has failed to state a claim. The federal case is ongoing.