<h1>Immigration crackdown prompted request to pause enforcement amid allegations of force, mass arrests, and discrimination.</h1> A federal judge declined to immediately grant Minnesota's request to suspend intensified immigration enforcement, setting a near-term briefing schedule and giving the Justice Department a short deadline to respond to the requested injunction. The state and municipal plaintiffs allege the enforcement surge has involved aggressive encounters, chemical irritants, mass arrests and actions that infringe on free-speech and other constitutional rights, while separate litigation challenges federal tactics toward protesters and observers and local and tribal leaders allege racially discriminatory detentions.