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On Tuesday, the state of Minnesota sued the state of Texas, seeking to compel Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who has been charged with shooting a Minneapolis resident and falsifying a report about the incident.

Amid large-scale federal immigration raids across the Twin Cities in January, ICE agent Christian Castro approached a home and shot a bullet through its front door, injuring Minneapolis resident Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Following this incident, Castro filed a report claiming that Sosa-Celis and another individual had attacked a separate ICE agent using a broom handle and a snow shovel in the lead-up to the shooting. It was later discovered that Castro’s story was a complete fabrication.

An investigation into the agent’s actions soon followed, and on May 18, felony level charges relating to the shooting and falsified report were filed against Castro. He was arrested on May 29 in Texas, and Minnesota officials filed an extradition request on June 2.

Despite Abbott’s assurances that Castro would be extradited, Castro remains in a Texas jail two months later. Under state law, he could soon be released, after which arresting him again could prove........

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