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.

A federal judge says she won’t halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota as a lawsuit claiming constitutional violations proceeds.

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,

A federal judge denied an effort by Minnesota and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Saturday to swiftly halt the Trump administration’s surge of immigration agents to the state, saying officials have not cleared the legal threshold to bring an immediate pause to the operation.

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,