The Trump administration urged a judge to reject Minnesota’s request for an immediate order halting the recent escalation of federal immigration enforcement in the state, accusing local authorities of wrongly trying to exercise a “veto” over the US government. In a court filing Monday evening in Minnesota, Justice Department officials called the state’s push for swift judicial intervention “frivolous” and argued it was “nonsense” that the administration is infringing on the state’s authority to govern and police its citizens. “Nothing in the Constitution remotely countenances this absurdity, which would render the supremacy of federal law an afterthought to local preference,” Justice Department lawyers wrote.
