dv said:
A DOJ attorney has requested to be held in contempt of court so that she can rest, seemingly rhetorically.
—A federal judge in Minnesota hauled government attorneys to his courtroom to find out why Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to comply with court orders to swiftly release wrongly detained immigrants arrested during the Trump administration’s surge.
District Judge Jerry R. Blackwell wanted to hear from the government why he shouldn’t be holding officials in contempt for their “alarming” failures.
A federal judge in Minnesota hauled government attorneys to his courtroom to find out why Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to comply with court orders to swiftly release wrongly detained immigrants arrested during the Trump administration’s surge.
District Judge Jerry R. Blackwell wanted to hear from the government why he shouldn’t be holding officials in contempt for their “alarming” failures.
A lawyer working for the Department of Justice told the judge Tuesday that “the system sucks.”
“I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” said Julie Le, according to Minnesota’s FOX 9, which observed Tuesday’s hearing. “The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need.”
Le, a private practice attorney who volunteered to help the U.S. Attorney’s Office last month, has been named as the government’s attorney on more than 80 immigration cases since Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 3,000 federal officers into the state last month for Operation Metro Surge.
She is simply “overwhelmed” by the number of legal challenges that are coming out of it.
“I am here to make sure the agency understands how important it is to comply with court orders,” said Le, who appeared visibly upset during the hearing.
Federal courts in the state are swimming in cases alleging unlawful arrests of immigrants and citizens alike swept up in the Trump administration’s mass deportation dragnet.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/minnesota-ice-court-hearing-judge-blackwell-b2913385.html
LegalEagles have broken down this situation.
https://youtu.be/p6o-_2thaI8?si=g9XSbrLZWAunLDq0
Interesting to learn that most of these situations involve people who were in the USA legally. Per Devin’s analysis, it was unconstitutional to stop them without cause, unconstitutional to hold them without a warrant, unconstitutional to refuse to release them when ordered by a judge. Finding the person to punish for these illegal actions is proving difficult.