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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from detaining refugees in Minnesota
['Mee Staff', 'Soumaya Ghannoushi']
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A US federal judge issued a "temporary restraining order" on Wednesday to prevent the Trump administration from arresting lawfully resettled refugees in Minnesota and ordered those detained to be released.
US district judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents likely violated multiple federal statutes by arresting lawful refugees and subjecting them to additional interrogations.
Tunheim, however, said that the Trump administration could continue to enforce immigration laws and review refugees' status, so long as it does not arrest and detain them.
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Two US citizens have been killed in the state by ICE agents as they were observing and documenting the agency’s activities.