Trump Officials Denied Detainees Access to Lawyers

Trump's tough-guy ICE act crumbles as his own appointed judge blasts the agency for denying constitutional rights by keeping detainees from lawyers

A federal judge just dropped a massive ruling, stating the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of people detained by ICE in Minnesota by denying them access to attorneys. According to Politico, this isn’t just any judge, either. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel, who is an appointee of President Trump, pulled no punches in her ruling on Thursday.  Brasel found that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency had stashed…

US judge orders access to lawyers for immigrant detainees in Minnesota

A US federal district judge on Thursday ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide immigrant detainees in Minnesota’s Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building access to attorneys immediately, before they are transferred out of state. US District Judge Nancy Brasel wrote that Whipple has “isolated” hundreds of detainees from their attorneys: Plaintiffs…have presented substantial, specific evidence detailing these alleged violations…

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Trump Officials Denied Detainees Access to Lawyers

“A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration has been violating the rights of people detained by ICE in Minnesota, saying the agency had stashed them in an ill-equipped, overcrowded facility without access to attorneys,” Politico reports.

ICE Blocked Detainees' Access To Lawyers In Minnesota, Trump-Appointed Judge Finds

U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in his first term, said ICE's practices “all but extinguish a detainee’s access to counsel.”

Trump dealt another major ICE setback by a judge he appointed

President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security got a huge blow on Thursday evening, as a judge he appointed found a systematic and illegal effort to deprive Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Minnesota of access to legal counsel.In the 41-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Nanc...