People hold banners during a demonstration against the presence of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, January 28, 2026. Seth Herald/Reuters
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Trump administration policy initiative to reconsider the legal status of about 5,600 legal refugees living in Minnesota.
In a court order, Minneapolis-based U.S. District Judge John Tunheim temporarily granted a class action lawsuit seeking to block a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy initiative called Operation Post-Entry Refugee Review and Integrity Enhancement, or Operation Paris.
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