US EditionICE Director Todd Lyons Ordered to Appear in Court for Contempt Over Failure to Comply With Court Orders
Judge Schiltz demands ICE acting head Todd Lyons explain repeated court order violations amid legal challenges and protests over detainees' due process in Minnesota.
- On Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ordered Todd Lyons, acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , to appear on Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt over alleged denial of detainees’ due process and criticized ICE’s handling of bond hearings.
- ICE’s deployment to Minnesota sent thousands of agents without provisions for hundreds of habeas petitions, prompting federal lawsuits and criticism of the operation as a disaster.
- Protests peaked on Friday as a general strike in Minnesota drew hundreds of thousands, fueled by outrage earlier this month over Jonathan Ross fatally shooting Renee Good and Saturday’s violent DHS actions against Alex Pretti.
- On Monday, Minnesota officials asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order, and Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said ordering the agency head to appear is `extraordinary` because lesser measures failed.
- DHS and ICE’s posture suggests they disregard national laws, causing United States citizens—especially people of color—to carry proof of citizenship amid likely Supreme Court appeals.
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Todd LyonsWhile the Supreme Court Six are lining up to put their stamp of approval on every one of Holy Executive Donald J. Trump’s unconstitutional fascist sharts, most of the rest of the judiciary has been less enraptured. Now the chief federal judge of Minnesota, Patrick J. Schiltz — who was appointed by George W. Bush, and once clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, by the way — has demanded that the (acting) director of ICE, Todd Lyons, hustle…
ICE Director Todd Lyons Ordered to Appear in Court for Contempt Over Failure to Comply With Court Orders
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons must appear in court on Jan. 30 following an order of the chief federal judge in Minnesota for a contempt hearing over ICE's failure to comply with court orders.
ICE Head Ordered To Appear In Court Over Due Process Violations
Source: Anadolu / Getty It’s safe to say that the Trump administration’s effort to let ICE operate with “absolute immunity” is not going according to plan. ICE’s conduct in Minnesota alone has led to several lawsuits against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE’s legal woes intensified on Monday after Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ordered Todd Lyons, the agency’s acting head, to appear before him on Friday to argue why he shouldn’t be…
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