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A Minnesota federal court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to force Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other state officials to turn over information for a federal investigation into whether they committed a crime in their opposition to federal immigration enforcement.Federal Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of President George W. Bush based in Minnesota, wrote that the subpoenas' "dominant purpose" was to coerce the officials into helping the federal government enforce civil immigration laws and "to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so."The subpoenas sought information about whether Democratic officials impeded immigration enforcement in their public resistance to the Trump administration's surge of thousands of agents to conduct deportation roundups.The Justice Department wanted a wide range of information on policies and directives related to federal immigration operations.Contributing: ReutersThis is a developing story that will be updated.
