Federal Judge Extends Blocks on DHS Policy to Detain Minnesota Refugees

The judge said the new Department of Homeland Security policy turned the ‘refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.’

Federal officers in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Jan. 9, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A federal judge on Feb. 27 extended an order that blocked immigration enforcement from detaining refugees in Minnesota under a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy to reexamine refugee cases.

Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a preliminary injunction extending a January order that was set to expire on Feb. 25.