Roadblocks to ICE Accountability: DOJ Interventions and Extraditions

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison is suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro so he can face Minnesota charges over a Minneapolis shooting tied to Operation Metro Surge, a process slowed by Abbott’s delay and opaque evidence-sharing. In a separate maneuver, the Trump DOJ urged removal of a Maryland-based case against ICE agent Gregory Morgan Jr. to federal court and pressed for witness immunity, signaling a pattern of federal intervention aimed at complicating local prosecutions of federal agents. The memo also notes DHS’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE protests and includes brief midterm political updates.