This case seeks to end a startling pattern of abuse spearheaded by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) that is fundamentally altering civic life in the Twin Cities and the state of Minnesota. Masked federal agents in the thousands are violently stopping and arresting countless Minnesotans based on nothing more than their race and perceived ethnicity irrespective of their citizenship or immigration status, or their personal circumstances. At the center of DHS’s campaign are Somali and Latino people, who are being targeted for stops and arrests based on racial profiling motivated by prejudice.
The ACLU filing a suit against them feels like a professional boxer stepping into a ring with a lunatic who has simply pulled out a gun and shot his last several opponents.
The groups they are suing have shown they do not care about, nor do they follow, the law and have been successfully ignoring any consequences as there is no one to enforce them.
Thank You, ACLU! An immediate injunction is necessary to prevent additional harm.
