A Minnesota ‌federal ​judge ‍on Saturday ​declined ​to order ⁠a halt to ‌President Donald Trump’s ​immigration ‌enforcement ‍crackdown in Minneapolis, ⁠in a ​lawsuit by state officials accusing federal agents of widespread civil rights ​abuses.

The decision is a major blow to state and city officials, who say the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents has terrorized residents.

A federal judge has rejected a bid by state and local officials in Minnesota to end Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s massive deployment of thousands of federal agents to aggressively enforce immigration laws.

A law enforcement agency executing the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has been described as a serial violator of court orders in Minnesota. The declaration didn't come from the Democratic governor or Minneapolis' Democratic mayor,

The surge of immigration agents into Minnesota can continue, a federal judge ruled on Saturday. Why it matters: The decision is a win for the Trump administration, which has argued that "Operation Metro Surge" has "succeeded" with thousands of arrests.

As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota draws backlash from around the nation, a federal judge is examining a claim that the operation was never about law enforcement. Rather, state and local officials argue,

A US judge delivered a blow Saturday to Minnesota's bid to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement to suspend its sweeping detention and deportation operation in the state.Ruling on Minnesota's bid to obtain a temporary restraining order,

Local officials had sought a preliminary injunction to stop the federal deployment of some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, arguing that the move amounted to a violation of state sovereignty.