US EditionMinnesota Judge Summons ICE Head Todd Lyons, Threatening Contempt
Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz demands ICE Director Todd Lyons explain over 2,000 illegal detentions amid repeated court order violations, threatening contempt if noncompliance continues.
- On Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz summoned Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in Minneapolis on Friday, writing that the Court's patience is at an end.
- In the Tobay Robles matter, the judge noted the Jan. 14 order and the missed Jan. 21 deadline, finding ICE held Tobay Robles improperly as he remained detained on Jan. 23.
- Federal courts in Minnesota have been deluged by immigrant lawsuits amid the enforcement surge, and Schiltz said respondents sent `thousands of agents to Minnesota` without planning for habeas petitions.
- The government released the detainee shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, allowing Schiltz to consider canceling the Friday hearing while Lyons faces potential sanctions or contempt charges.
- Schiltz, a Bush-appointed chief U.S. district judge who once clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, has repeatedly clashed with the administration, calling DOJ requests `frivolous` and `unprecedented`, thrusting the enforcement tactics into the national spotlight.
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Judge demands head of ICE appear at Minnesota court hearing
Minnesota’s top federal judge says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is routinely violating court orders demanding that the agency release wrongfully detained immigrants, and ordered the agency’s director to appear in person to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt. Minnesota U.S. Chief District Judge Patrick Schlitz on Monday ordered ICE acting director Todd Lyons to either comply with a court order to release an Ecuadorian man a…
Minnesota judge orders ICE chief to appear in court over potential contempt | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
In a display of frustration, the chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating court orders arising from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown in the state.
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