US Judge Blocks Detention of Lawfully Resettled Refugees in Minnesota
The decision, issued by a US district judge, temporarily bars authorities from detaining refugees resettled in the state while a class-action lawsuit challenging the policy moves forward. The ruling also mandates the immediate release of all refugees currently held in Minnesota, as well as those who were transferred to Texas, within five days.
The detentions were carried out as part of “Operation Parris,” a DHS effort aimed at re-screening roughly 5,600 refugees nationwide who have not yet obtained permanent resident status.
Reports indicate that some of those detained were flown to Texas, questioned by authorities, and then released without support or arrangements to return home.
One of the plaintiffs, identified as D. Doe, said he was detained by plainclothes officers after being coaxed outside his residence. Describing his experience, he said: “I fled my home country because I was facing government repression. I can’t believe it’s happening again here.”
Human rights advocates criticized the detentions, with one representative describing them as “an unprecedented assault on core human rights.”
In his ruling, the judge said the court determined that “the threat of irreparable harm favors immediate relief,” pointing to accounts of fear and psychological trauma among the refugees who were detained.
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