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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"Attorney Julie Le was representing the #government at a hearing over ICE’s failure to follow #court orders and immediately release people that it had wrongfully detained. When Judge Jerry Blackwell asked why the agency is not complying, Le said that the government was “overwhelmed” by the legal challenges... and that trying to get ICE to comply with court orders has required nonstop work for an office depleted by resignations."
https://newrepublic.com/post/206115/this-job-sucks-doj-attorney-judge-contempt-ice-court-orders

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“This Job Sucks”: DOJ Attorney Asks Judge to Hold Her in Contempt

A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders.

by Hafiz Rashid
February 3, 2026  / 5:23 p.m. ET
Headline: “This Job Sucks”: DOJ Attorney Asks Judge to Hold Her in Contempt A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders. by Hafiz Rashid February 3, 2026 / 5:23 p.m. ET
Headline: “This Job Sucks”: DOJ Attorney Asks Judge to Hold Her in Contempt A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders. by Hafiz Rashid February 3, 2026 / 5:23 p.m. ET
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"Le normally doesn’t work for the #US Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in #immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from #immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court."
https://newrepublic.com/post/206115/this-job-sucks-doj-attorney-judge-contempt-ice-court-orders

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“Some of this is of your own making because of non-compliance with orders,” Blackwell said.

Le normally doesn’t work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court. 

“We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do,” Le said.
Text from article: “Some of this is of your own making because of non-compliance with orders,” Blackwell said. Le normally doesn’t work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court. “We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do,” Le said.
Text from article: “Some of this is of your own making because of non-compliance with orders,” Blackwell said. Le normally doesn’t work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court. “We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do,” Le said.
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“This Job Sucks”: DOJ Attorney Asks Judge to Hold Her in Contempt

A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders.
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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"Trump’s #Minnesota crackdown has proceeded with little regard for the #law, drawing a backlash from local residents who have scrambled to #protest against the massive deployment of federal agents & their violent tactics. Since the deaths of #Good and #Pretti, those #protests have only intensified, and Trump’s response has been to double down. The US attorneys who haven’t quit in protest now have to deal with the #legal fallout."
https://newrepublic.com/post/206115/this-job-sucks-doj-attorney-judge-contempt-ice-court-orders

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“This Job Sucks”: DOJ Attorney Asks Judge to Hold Her in Contempt

A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders.
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@huntingdon@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@ZhiZhu

ICE goons walking around with their hands filled with pepper spray canisters, their fingers on the trigger, is not policing or a rational response to legitimate fear. It is intended to provoke fear and compliance in others. It's a riot in the making.

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