DOJ asks 2 Minnesota judges to step aside in immigration cases

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking two Minnesota judges to recuse themselves from immigration-related cases after they made comments about Operation Metro Surge.

In court documents filed Tuesday, the DOJ asked to disqualify Minnesota District Court judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim over their public comments in a September New York Times article about immigration enforcement.

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