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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE lawyer who told Minnesota judge ‘this job sucks’ has been removed from detail, DOJ says

A lawyer working for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Minnesota has been removed from that detail after telling a federal judge “this job sucks” during a hearing on Immigration and Customs Enforcement failures to follow court orders.

Julie Le, who is listed as an attorney for the Department of Homeland Security, was assigned to Minnesota to support the Department of Justice in immigration cases after a wave of lawsuits followed mass arrests under Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation efforts in the state.

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