The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota filed a class action lawsuit against officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing them of repressing free speech rights of people observing and protesting against the federal government’s immigration enforcement activities, according to an ACLU statement on Dec. 17.
The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 17 at the federal district court in Minnesota, names multiple Trump administration officials as defendants, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE acting director Todd Lyons, and unidentified federal agents. The complaint was filed on behalf of six individuals.
The lawsuit called the administration’s immigration enforcement in Minnesota a “cruel, arbitrary, and unlawful campaign” that led to people expressing “disdain” over defendants’ conduct….