Minnesota Schools Sue Over Immigration Enforcement Near Schools

A coalition of Minnesota school districts and educators filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's immigration enforcement practices near public schools, arguing that the operations have created widespread fear and disrupted education across the state.

The suit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, names the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and several agency leaders as defendants. Plaintiffs include Duluth Public Schools, Fridley Public Schools, and Education Minnesota, the statewide teachers union representing more than 84,000 members. They seek to reinstate a long-standing policy that limited immigration enforcement at sensitive locations such as schools and bus stops, and to bar agents from conducting operations within 1,000 feet of school property or bus stops without a judicial warrant or exigent circumstances.

The lawsuit centers on the Department of Homeland Security's decision in January 2025 to revoke the sensitive locations policy, which had been in place in various forms since 1993. The plaintiffs contend that the revocation violated...