NEW: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Announce They’re Suing Trump Admin. to End Surge of ICE Agents – ICE Director Responds to Lawsuit (VIDEO)

by Cullen Linebarger Jan. 12, 2026 6:20 pm



Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announce lawsuit against the Trump Administration over DHS deployment. Credit: FOX News screenshot

Minnesota’s top ‘law enforcement’ official and the two Twin City mayors today took a dramatic and unconstitutional step in their efforts to send ICE agents packing from the state following last week’s deadly ICE self-defense shooting.

As KTSP reported, crooked Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her have jointly sued the Trump administration over DHS agents enforcing immigration law in the Twin Cities.

The lawsuit filed by the trio seeks to completely end the so-called “unprecedented surge” of more than 2,000 federal agents deployed by the DHS.

The filing also alleges that the federal government has violated the 10th Amendment of the Constitution by removing Minnesota’s “right’ to police itself.”

During a press conference announcing the lawsuit, Ellison accused the DHS agents of causing “serious harm” and said the Trump Administration has launched a federal invasion.

“The deployment of thousands of armed, masked DHS agents to Minnesota has done our state serious harm,” Ellison alleged. “This is essentially a federal invasion of Minnesota and the Twin Cities, and it must stop.”

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 BREAKING: Minnesota’s corrupt Attorney General Keith Ellison announces he is SUING Trump to remove DHS from the Twin Cities, saying they’ve caused “great harm”

No, Ellison. You and Walz have created great harm by allowing VlOLENT ILLEGALS and LEFTISTS run your streets

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4:55 PM · Jan 12, 2026

Ellison also played the race card, accusing ICE agents of racially profiling Minnesota residents and shutting down businesses.”

“People are being racially profiled, harassed, terrorized, and assaulted,” he claimed. “Schools have gone into lockdown. Businesses have been forced to close.”

“Minnesota police are spending countless hours dealing with the chaos ICE is causing. This federal invasion of the Twin Cities has to stop, so today I am suing DHS to bring it to an end.”

Also during the press conference, Frey doubled down on his disgusting remarks against ICE, echoing Ellison in calling ICE’s presence in his city an invasion.

“We don’t use the term invasion lightly,” he said.

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BREAKING: Jacob Frey just DOUBLED DOWN and incited more violence against ICE/DHS!

“We don’t use the term invasion lightly” - Frey

The only invasion that's occurred in America is the one where MILLIONS flooded into America under Biden. Trump is doing NOTHING but fixing it!



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5:13 PM · Jan 12, 2026

ICE director Todd Lyons responded to the lawsuit on Fox News.

“We’re not asking any government agency in Minnesota to do immigration law for us,” he told Will Cain.

I don’t see how that’s an overreach.

“We’re doing our lawful law enforcement mission that Congress has on the books,” he added. “‘We don’t show a warrant for arrest”

“Title VIII under the Immigration Nationality Act says ICE doesn’t NEED a warrant to make that arrest.”

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 BREAKING: The Director of ICE just MASTERFULLY DESTROYED Minnesota and Jacob Frey's frivolous lawsuit asking activist judges to block the ICE surge

"We're NOT asking any government agency in Minnesota to do immigration law for us. I don't see how that's an overreach!"

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BREAKING: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and Mayor Jacob Frey demand the courts BLOCK DHS from sending any more federal agents to Minnesota

"DHS's racist arrests are in VIOLATION! We ask the courts ends END the surge of thousands of DHS agents into MN."

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