We’ll Never Have PARRIS
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 4:06 am
More Trump skullduggery? Is it a day that ends in y?
Refugees are immigrants that have done things “the right way.” They have not entered the country without permission, and have passed a thorough vetting process that takes a couple of years. After a year, they are eligible for Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card) status. Surely these folks who stood in every line, jumped through every hoop, dotted every i and crossed every t are not among the worst of the worst that the Trump Administration promised to target.
Yes. Yes they are. And don’t call me Shirley.
As part of its invasion of Minneapolis, ICE and CPB launched operation PARRIS, kidnapping without warrant or notice refugees who had not yet been given LPR status and shipping them off to concentration camps in other states. There are an estimated 5600 such lawful refugees in the state of Minnesota.
Five sued and were granted a TRO by a federal judge. The judge found no legal basis for detaining these lawful refugees. A motion to certify a class is pending. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 6.41.0.pdf
One of the plaintiffs was tricked into leaving his house by an agent who pretended to be a civilian who had accidentally hit his car. He was hustled off to Texas, where he was questioned. He was then released IN TEXAS, where he was told he had to find his own way back to Minnesota. I bet the Millers had outstanding sex that night.
The court issued a TRO blocking enforcement of operation PARRIS. In discussing the element of irreparable harm, the judge said:
This is beyond disgusting.
Refugees are immigrants that have done things “the right way.” They have not entered the country without permission, and have passed a thorough vetting process that takes a couple of years. After a year, they are eligible for Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card) status. Surely these folks who stood in every line, jumped through every hoop, dotted every i and crossed every t are not among the worst of the worst that the Trump Administration promised to target.
Yes. Yes they are. And don’t call me Shirley.
As part of its invasion of Minneapolis, ICE and CPB launched operation PARRIS, kidnapping without warrant or notice refugees who had not yet been given LPR status and shipping them off to concentration camps in other states. There are an estimated 5600 such lawful refugees in the state of Minnesota.
Five sued and were granted a TRO by a federal judge. The judge found no legal basis for detaining these lawful refugees. A motion to certify a class is pending. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 6.41.0.pdf
One of the plaintiffs was tricked into leaving his house by an agent who pretended to be a civilian who had accidentally hit his car. He was hustled off to Texas, where he was questioned. He was then released IN TEXAS, where he was told he had to find his own way back to Minnesota. I bet the Millers had outstanding sex that night.
The court issued a TRO blocking enforcement of operation PARRIS. In discussing the element of irreparable harm, the judge said:
Keep in mind that that these people have done nothing wrong. Yet, they were snatched from their homes without being told why, handcuffed and shackled, shipped to another state, questioned and either released hundreds of miles from home or detained in a concentration tent camp.The Court finds that the threat of irreparable harm favors immediate relief in this case. The stories of terror and trauma recounted by Named Plaintiffs in their Amended Petition make this harm impossible to ignore. Plaintiffs U.H.A. and D. Doe were arrested and detained by ICE despite their refugee status—a status they obtained due to a well-founded fear of persecution in the country from which they came. Plaintiffs allege that “more than a hundred refugees who fled persecution in their home countries,” have been arrested and detained, without notice or warrants, including being “handcuffed and shackled in chains for prolonged periods, causing unnecessary physical pain.” (Am. Pet. ¶ 108.) Once detained, they have been “provided no information about why they are being detained or when they will be released.” (Id.)
The loss of liberty is “perhaps the best example of irreparable harm.” See Matacua v. Frank, 308 F. Supp. 3d 1019, 1025 (D. Minn. 2018); see also Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 531 (2004) (describing the right to be “free from physical detention by one’s own government,” as “the most elemental of liberty interests.”). And the threat of harm here does not stop with the deprivation of liberty. Defendants have also hurriedly transported detained refugees (alongside many other individuals detained by federal officials in Minnesota in recent months) to distant states, often without the ability to communicate with counsel, family, or the community. In addition, the federal government, including the Department of Justice, has repeatedly “failed to comply” with “dozens of court orders,” from judges in this District, including orders requiring the immediate release and return to Minnesota of unlawfully detained individuals; indeed, “the extent of ICE’s violation of court orders” has been “extraordinary.” Juan T.R. v. Noem, Civil No. 26-107, Docket No. 7 at 2–3 (D. Minn. Jan. 26, 2026) (emphasis added). The threat of prolonged, unauthorized, and seemingly unaccountable detention has caused additional “significant hardship” to those subject to these actions. Id.
This is beyond disgusting.