Minnesota’s chief federal judge was prepared to hold the director of Donald Trump’s maligned Immigration and Customs Enforcement in contempt of court over what he called the agency’s “extraordinary” violations of court orders in the state.
Earlier this month, District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz gave ICE one week to hold a bond hearing for an Ecuadorian man identified in court documents as Juan T.R., or release him from custody. When the deadline came and went, Schiltz said the court’s “patience is at an end” and ordered Lyons to testify.
