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.

Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis

While the Trump administration’s immigration blitz hit Midwestern cities like Chicago and Minneapolis, a quieter escalation unfolded in San Diego late last year with agents making thousands of arrests in and around the city.

In the wake of the shootings, anti-ICE protests across the U.S. on Friday called for "no work, no school, no shopping" as part of a nationwide strike opposing the Trump administration's unpopular immigration crackdown.

Protesters across the U.S. are calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” as part of a nationwide strike on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The demonstrations come almost a week after Alex Pretti,

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged fellow mayors to resist the Trump administration's federal immigration enforcement operations, claiming agents make the city "less safe."

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota following the fatal shootings of two U.