Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Minnesota's chief federal judge has summoned the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in a Minneapolis court on Friday or be held in contempt.
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said in an order on Monday that the court has run out of patience with ICE head Todd Lyons after ICE has defied the court's orders for weeks.
"The Court acknowledges that ordering the head of a federal agency to personally appear is an extraordinary step but the extent of ICE's violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary and lesser measures have been tried and failed," Schiltz wrote.
Schiltz's order is in response to the case of a man who challenged his detention by ICE in Minnesota earlier this month. The federal court ordered that the man be given a bond hearing on Jan. 14 or be released within a week of that date.
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