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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward and Brendan Rascius

Federal judge hauls DOJ lawyers into court over ‘numerous unlawful violations’ in dozens of immigration cases

A federal judge is hauling government lawyers from nearly 30 immigration cases into his courtroom to decide whether to hold them in contempt for repeatedly violating his orders.

In an order on Thursday, Minnesota District Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan said the Trump administration ignored orders to release “unlawfully detained” immigrants at the center of the cases and failed to return their belongings.

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