MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) – A federal judge has temporarily halted immigration authorities from arresting or detaining recently resettled refugees in Minnesota who have not yet obtained lawful permanent resident status.
The ruling follows the rollout of a new Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services initiative called Operation PARRIS, which aims to reexamine the legal status of roughly 5,600 Minnesota refugees.
Under the order issued Wednesday, officials must immediately release any refugees detained under the policy and return those transferred out of state within five days.
The judge also directed that refugees be released to attorneys or approved individuals, and not left outside in dangerous cold conditions.
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