ByAlison Durkee,
Forbes Staff.
The chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court Friday, threatening him with a potential contempt charge as the judge argues the Trump administration has ignored “dozens” of immigration court orders amid its controversial Operation Metro Surge.
Judge Patrick J. Schlitz, the chief judge on Minnesota’s District Court, ordered Lyons late Monday to appear in court, after the judge ruled an immigrant defendant must be given a hearing or be released from detention—but learned the Trump administration has kept the defendant detained anyway.
That’s one of “dozens” of immigration-related court orders the Trump administration has failed to comply with in recent weeks, Schlitz noted, after federal judges have repeatedly struck down the government’s efforts to detain or deport immigrants as part of its Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis area.
