Minnesota Attorney General federal action reporting form
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) – Attorney General Keith Ellison is launching a form on his website that Minnesotans can use to share information about the impacts that federal actions in Minnesota have had on them.
Ellison says the reports may be critical in supporting the Attorney General’s actions defending and enforcing Minnesota’s laws and defending the State of Minnesota against actions that violate the State’s rights under the Constitution and applicable federal law.
This form is for reporting incidents or effects related to or caused by federal actions in Minnesota, including but not limited to:
- Violations of constitutional rights (racial profiling, excessive force, retaliation against protestors, observers, and media)
- Business closures, reduced healthcare access, reduced education access, other issues impacting public safety and civil liberties
- Federal funding cuts, federal grant terminations, terms and conditions tied to federal program participation, other administrative actions by federal agencies
Ellison asks people to share stories of what they have personally experienced or witnessed due to the presence of DHS — including Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — or stories of what people they are close to and in direct contact with have experienced.
He asks that Minnesotans not share rumors, media reports, secondhand information they cannot verify, or social media posts documenting experiences they did not witness or personally experience.
“The surge of DHS agents into Minnesota has done tremendous harm to the people of Minnesota, and I urge those who have personally experienced or directly witnessed that harm to share their stories with my office,” said Attorney General Ellison. “What’s most useful to my office right now are experiences that are specific and as detailed and direct as possible. In order to highlight certain impacts in Court, we may need to speak with eyewitnesses or those directly involved, rather than just collecting stories you have heard secondhand. My team and I will use these stories and experiences to assist in our ongoing fight to end the federal surge in Minnesota and the chaos, pain, and violence it has caused.”
The Attorney General’s Office may use submissions in a variety of ways, including in the office’s ongoing lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security seeking to end Operation Metro Surge.
Additional language options for this form will be added in the coming days.
The form announced Thursday is separate from the portal hosted by Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for the purpose of collecting evidence regarding the killing of Renee Good. That portal is available here.
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