US EditionMinnesota federal judge orders ICE chief to appear in court Friday, threatens contempt
- In a three-page order filed Monday, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ordered Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , to appear in person on Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt.
- Operation Metro Surge began December 1 and flooded courts with habeas petitions amid enforcement, while U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said ICE and DHS repeatedly failed court orders.
- The petitioner, Juan T.R., an Ecuadorian citizen arrested on Jan. 6, remains detained despite a Jan. 14 court order requiring a bond hearing within seven days, his lawyers said on Jan. 23.
- Schiltz said he will cancel Todd Lyons's required appearance if the petitioner is released before Friday; the judge called the order extraordinary and noted Tom Homan was sent to Minnesota by President Donald Trump.
- The order notes a pattern of ICE practices of moving detainees to Texas or extending detentions, causing significant hardship to aliens in recent weeks, Judge Patrick J. Schiltz wrote.
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The magistrate summoned Todd Lyons to court to explain why he failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants.The court decision comes as Donald Trump seeks to lower tension in Minnesota, following the death of two citizens by shooting federal agents.
"The patience of the court is at an end": the supreme district judge of Minnesota has summoned ICE chief Todd Lyons to explain why his authority ignored dozens of court decisions.
The President of the Federal Court of Minnesota ordered the interim director of the U.S. Immigration Service (ICE) to appear before the court on Friday to explain why the agency did not respect ten judicial orders in the last week, reports Reuters.
Federal judge in Minnesota says ICE chief must appear in court. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
The judge says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and the ICE chief must explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.
Minnesota federal judge orders ICE leader to appear in court, threatens contempt
The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt.
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