Peter Bowes

They are separate lawsuits, but very similar in nature and essentially have the same goal, and that is to try to stop the, as Minnesota describes it, the surge in the number of these federal immigration agents to these respective states.

Minnesota's lawsuit argues that the deployment...

which has now been going on for some time and is increasing, it seems, daily, that the deployment amounts to an unconstitutional federal invasion, one, it says, which has suspended life for millions and caused chaos and violence.

And its initial goal is to get a court order to...

take effect possibly within the next 24 hours, a temporary restraining order to stop these agents being deployed.

As you say, we've just heard some pretty strong words and some strong reasoning why this, as they see it, lawsuit is justified, talking about racial profiling and these agents picking up people who...

are American citizens and just going about their ordinary work or going to their workplace or going home, being embroiled in this plan to round up illegal immigrants.

In the Illinois case, this is also being brought by the city of Chicago, they have said that the Trump administration has unleashed an organised bombardment and is imposing a climate of fear.

And in both cases, the legal reasoning...

is that essentially what the federal government is doing is a violation of the US Constitution because it's infringing, they say, on the state's rights, essentially the right to govern themselves.

It is.

The administration describes these legal actions as baseless.

It says it has these agents targeting undocumented migrants and insists that further agents are necessary.

We've been told there will be hundreds more sent to Minnesota in the next few days.

needed according to the federal government to ensure their safety during operations.

The Department of Homeland Security has said that deployments are necessary to combat illegal immigration and crime, and there is no sign of any U-turn on that policy.

And for some reason, in recent weeks, it's really taken off to the extent that it's the number one app being downloaded in the country.

It's designed especially for people who are living by themselves, especially young people.

Maybe they've had to move away from home for study, for work or what have you.

Some people have suggested possibly a more uplifting title like I'm still here or I'm alive or something like that, focusing on the positive rather than positive.