MN Court says ICE has violated 96 court orders

The federal District Court of Minnesota (Patrick Schlitz) has said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) has violated 96 specific court orders across 74 different cases, according to published reports. The Chief Judge made the comment in cancelling a contempt hearing for interim head of ICE Todd M. Lyons recently after the agency complied with a court order to release a wrongfully detained person.

Judge Schiltz criticized the agency for what he described as "extraordinary" misconduct and "lawlessness," noting that ICE had likely violated more court orders in a single month than some federal agencies have in their entire existence.

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