Protest and Catholic clergy are asking a federal judge to allow them to minister to immigrants held at a Minneapolis ICE facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration's enforcement surge in Minnesota. The attorneys for Minnesota branches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and a Catholic priest are seeking an injunction from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow in-person pastoral visits to detainees at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. The lawsuit alleges that the building, named for Minnesota’s first Episcopal bishop, has been a hub of heightened ICE operations and a symbolic center of community unrest. The government argues that the request is moot as Operation Metro Surge ended on February 12 and that the number of new detentions has since decreased. However, government attorneys and ICE officials argue that the Whipple building is just a short-term holding facility and that most detainees are moved to other ICE facilities within 24 hours.