A federal judge on Saturday declined to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge, allowing the sweeping federal immigration enforcement effort to continue in Minnesota while a broader legal challenge plays out.

Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge are planned in Florida, Vermont, Kentucky and other states this weekend.

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 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.

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 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 on Saturday denied a request from Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul for a halt to federal immigration enforcement in the city as part of Operation Metro Surge. The ruling comes weeks after she had sided against the Trump administration in an order restricting federal officers’ crowd-control tactics in Minneapolis.

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.