Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

Minnesota officials are suing the Trump administration over the immigration crackdown in the state.

It comes after an ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in her car.

Local officials say the enforcement action amounts to a federal invasion.

Here's Minneapolis Democratic Mayor, Jacob Fry.

What we are seeing right now is not normal immigration enforcement. We are not asking ICE not to do ICE things. We are asking

this federal government to stop the unconstitutional conduct that is invading our streets each and every day.

The lawsuit alleges federal immigration agents interrogate residents about their citizenship

without reason to believe they're in the U.S. illegally. Illinois and Chicago also filed a lawsuit

today over the crackdown there. Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is suing Secretary

of Defense Pete Hagseth. NPR's

Aquil Lawrence reports it's in response to the Pentagon's threats to punish Kelly for criticizing

the Trump administration. Hegseth said this month that the Pentagon would censure Democratic

Senator Mark Kelly for his many statements last year against White House policies, especially when

he joined five other Democrats to urge

members of the military not to obey illegal orders. President Trump called that treason and suggested

the Democrats could be executed for it. The Pentagon says that as a fully retired officer,

Kelly could be demoted and have his retirement pay reduced. Kelly, who served with distinction as a Navy combat

pilot, called it an attempt to choke free speech by military veterans. Now he's filed suit,

asking the Washington, D.C. District Court to declare the administration's actions unlawful and

unconstitutional. Quill Lawrence NPR News.

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