Judge orders immigrant to be returned to Minnesota

It's just about 6:33, new this morning. A federal judge has once again denied requests from the Trump administration. The judge is ordering the Department of Homeland Security to bring a Minnesota immigrant back here from an African country where they sent him. Chinu her is in the Live Center with the very latest on the legal developments in this case. Good morning. Good morning, Tom and Kelly. As a reminder, Kenneth Lopez Gonzalez was arrested during Operation Metro Surge in January and deported to the Central African Republic. Now, an immigration judge previously ruled that Lopez Gonzalez faced the threat of torture if he was ever forced to return to his home country of Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan immigrant operated his own construction business and lived in Shakopee at the time of his arrest. Now, community groups, they have rallied in support of his release. And just last week, he joined a news conference from the hotel where he is living in the Central African Republic. Now, late yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan officially denied the government's emergency request to pause the return, to pause Gonzalez's return order. Attorneys for the Trump administration, they've argued it would cost the agency too much money to fly him back while they appeal the case, defending the legalities of what are known as third country deportations. But the judge fired back, ruling that the danger the man faces in Africa vastly outweighs the government's travel expenses. So The big question here is, what happens next? A source tells Fox 9 the government could now file a request directly with the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking them to step in and pause the return order as this legal battle plays out. So we'll follow this closely and keep you updated on what happens next. All right, Chinu her in our Live Center. Meantime, a Minnesota nurse is suing ICE for an incident during Operation Metro's surge. In the lawsuit filed just yesterday, Jamie Martins alleged that she was recording ICE operations when agents approached her, pushed her to the ground, and then drew their weapons on her. She then claimed she was taken into custody by ICE agents but eventually returned to St. Peter. The lawsuit seeks at least $550,000 in damages and an acknowledgement that the federal government violated the law. We have reached out to DHS for comment on this and are still waiting to hear back.