The Minneapolis Police Department’s updated policy explicitly states the department is not responsible for enforcing federal immigration laws. The guidance also prohibits officers from

Days before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, Minneapolis police announced Thursday that the department has updated its immigration policing policy. In a release, the department said the policy changes were designed to “offer clear guidance to officers during a time when community concerns are particularly prominent.

With days to go before president-elect Donald Trump returns to office with mass deportation plans, the Minneapolis Police Department issued a statement this week reiterating its policy which forbids officers from asking people about their immigration status in most cases.

The Minneapolis police union filed a motion to intervene Friday in the federal court case that lays out the agreement between the city Minneapolis and federal government to reform policing. It also emerged Friday that the agreement appears unlikely to be approved by a federal judge before President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office Monday,

The consent decree process started after a police officer killed George Floyd in 2020, sparking global protests. In 2023, the Department of Justice released a report that found the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in systematic racial discrimination and unconstitutional policing for years.

The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis (POFM) has filed a motion to intervene in the federal consent decree that outlines sweeping reforms to the city’s police department.