A hearing is expected today in lawsuit against immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities. Here’s the latest

By Hanna Park, Elise Hammond, CNN

(CNN) — A hearing is expected Wednesday in the lawsuit filed by the state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities challenging the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation there, which the lawsuit calls “a federal invasion.”

The hearing follows the resignation of at least half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota amid pressure from the Trump administration on how to conduct an investigation into the deadly shooting of a woman by an ICE agent last week, a source said.

The killing of Renee Good, a US citizen and mother of three, sparked days of protests in Minneapolis as the Trump administration said it was deploying around 1,000 additional Customs and Border Protection personnel to the region.

Here are the key things to know:

• Lawsuit: The Wednesday court hearing involves the Minnesota lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, which is seeking a court order halting immigration enforcement operations. The lawsuit claims Operation Metro Surge is not a legitimate law enforcement action and says the Twin Cities are being targeted because of sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with the federal government during immigration enforcement efforts. In response to the lawsuit, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the Constitution was on the administration’s side and the surge of federal officers was needed because politicians in Illinois and Minnesota were not protecting their citizens.
• Prosecutors resign: The senior career prosecutors who stepped down reportedly objected to pressure from the White House to shift the investigation into Good’s shooting away from the agent’s use of force and toward Good, her widow, and others connected to immigration protests. Joseph Thompson, who frequently handled investigations with political implications including one into social services fraud. Read more about who some of the other prosecutors were here.
• No civil rights investigation: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department does not believe there is evidence to back a criminal civil rights investigation into the actions of the ICE agent who shot Good. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara criticized the move. An FBI investigation of the shooting is ongoing, though local authorities have been blocked from joining the probe.
• More federal agents: US Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino said “hundreds and hundreds” of additional federal agents are being deployed to Minneapolis. The agents started deploying Friday and continued over the weekend, according to two federal law enforcement sources. This comes on top of the deployment of about 2,000 agents to the area that CNN reported earlier.
• White House reaction: Trump on Tuesday defended ICE agents operating in Minnesota, calling them “patriots” and warning online that a “day of reckoning and retribution is coming,” as the administration sends more federal agents to Minneapolis.
• Federal funding: During a speech Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the federal government will not make “any payments” to sanctuary cities or states with sanctuary cities starting February 1. A judge blocked the administration from denying funding to over 30 cities last year for policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
• Protests: A few blocks away from where Renee Good was killed federal officers clashed with protesters Tuesday. Agents smashed one woman’s car window and pulled her out of the vehicle, video showed. In the Powderhorn neighborhood in Minneapolis, federal agents dispersed pepper balls and flash bangs amid the protests. Outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, protesters chanted, waved signs and flags, and confronted federal agents parked at the gate, at times stepping into the street to try to block vehicles they believed were carrying ICE officers.
• Somali community targeted: The Trump administration sharpened it’s focus on Minneapolis after allegations of widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers in the area were raised in a video posted by a conservative YouTuber last month, with little evidence. On Tuesday, DHS said it will terminate humanitarian relief for Somali nationals living in the US, arguing conditions in Somalia no longer justify those protections. The termination of the relief, known as Temporary Protected Status, drew swift backlash from Minnesota leaders, who said they were not consulted and warn the decision, combined with the president’s escalating rhetoric and stepped‑up enforcement is fueling fear in the Somali community and could affect people with legal status and no criminal records.

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CNN’s Sharif Paget, Taylor Romine, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Priscilla Alvarez, Emma Tucker, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Andy Rose contributed reporting to this post.