Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is giving a statewide address on Wednesday night about "the federal government's ongoing presence" in the state amid Operation Metro Surge.

Walz gives a constitutionally-required annual address before the Legislature, known as the "State of the State." But other statewide addresses that the governor has planned happen infrequently. 

His staff notes that he addressed residents during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.

Lawyers representing the state of Minnesota, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, were in court Wednesday morning in the hopes of getting federal Judge Kate Menendez to issue a temporary restraining order to pause ICE activities in Minnesota. 

Menendez said she would not issue that restraining order until after the federal government filed its response and the state made additional filings.

The hearing is part of a larger federal lawsuit by the state and cities attempting to get the federal government to halt all law enforcement operations in Minnesota.

This story will be updated.