Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. The coalition asked the appeals court to reverse a lower court decision and block the revocation; this press release describes no privacy-related allegation, penalty, or remedy imposed.
This action does not concern privacy or impose privacy-contract requirements. In employment, staffing, and workforce-vendor agreements, teams may nevertheless review clauses addressing work-authorization representations, responsibility for eligibility verification, notice of changes in authorization status, recordkeeping, and continuity or transition obligations if a worker becomes unable to work. No privacy-specific changes to vendor data-processing, customer privacy, employee-data, consent, or breach-notification clauses are indicated by this release.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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OtherOfficial Press Release
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/10/27_Temporary-Protected-Status.asp
1930 African Communities AmicusBr
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/1930_African-Communities_AmicusBr.pdf
11201 DHS Proposed Amicus Brief
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/docs/11201_DHS_Proposed-Amicus-Brief.pdf
Minnesota Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/
"Department of Homeland Security"
"The brief filed yesterday in _African Communities Together v. Mullin_"
"Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief"
"supports the plaintiffs’ request that the appeals court reverse a lower court decision not to grant emergency relief and block the Department of Homeland Security’s revocation of TPS for Somali nationals."
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging DHS’s practice of conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests without determining whether individuals are likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. The release reports that a district court had previously granted a preliminary injunction in the underlying case; it does not report a penalty or a new remedy imposed on DHS by this brief.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging DHS’s policy and practice of conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests. The press release describes a court challenge, not a privacy enforcement action or monetary penalty.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing a DHS rule that allows certain affirmative asylum applications to be referred to removal proceedings without an asylum officer interview. The coalition argues the rule violates federal law and harms asylum seekers, including unaccompanied children; this was a policy opposition letter, not a privacy enforcement action.
Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 26 states to sue the Trump administration over unlawful conditions attached to counterterrorism and emergency funding. The conditions would require states to share voter data with DHS and assist in immigration enforcement, which the coalition argues violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Spending Clause.
Other enforcement action: Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, joined by 18 other states, sued the Trump Administration over its unlawful $100,000 fee for H-1B visa petitions. The lawsuit alleges that the policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act by exceeding congressional authority and bypassing required rulemaking procedures, harming educational institutions and employers.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing the Department of Homeland Security's expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to include U.S.-born citizens. The coalition argues the expansion violates the Privacy Act of 1974, creates a massive surveillance database, increases data breach risks, and will lead to inaccurate verifications and denial of benefits.