C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
āIn some two dozen cases stemming from President Donald Trumpās immigration crackdown in Minnesota that CNN has reviewed, federal judges appointed to the bench by Democrats and Republicans have had to use terms like ācontemptā and ānoncomplianceā to get the governmentās attention to respond to court orders.
To date, it doesnāt appear that any judge in the District of Minnesota has held an agency official or Justice Department attorney in civil contempt of court or imposed sanctions in cases related to Operation Metro Surge. But the sheer number of threats is significant.
Many of the punishment threats have arisen in cases where judges concluded that an immigrant was unlawfully arrested and must immediately be released. Other compliance issues have bubbled up when Immigration and Customs Enforcement releases a noncitizen with certain conditions that they werenāt subject to prior to their arrest, enraging a judge who never gave permission to impose such constraints.
āThis is clearly not tenable,ā Judge Laura Provinzino, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, told one top government attorney late last month. āI canāt continue to have (federal prosecutors) violating really important orders ⦠If somebody should be released, that has to happen.āā
Judges need to start holding agency officials or Justice Department attorneys in civil contempt of court or impose sanctions for their lawless, criminal activities.
Indeed, agency officials or Justice Department attorneys should be held in contempt and jailed pending compliance.
To date, it doesnāt appear that any judge in the District of Minnesota has held an agency official or Justice Department attorney in civil contempt of court or imposed sanctions in cases related to Operation Metro Surge. But the sheer number of threats is significant.
Many of the punishment threats have arisen in cases where judges concluded that an immigrant was unlawfully arrested and must immediately be released. Other compliance issues have bubbled up when Immigration and Customs Enforcement releases a noncitizen with certain conditions that they werenāt subject to prior to their arrest, enraging a judge who never gave permission to impose such constraints.
āThis is clearly not tenable,ā Judge Laura Provinzino, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, told one top government attorney late last month. āI canāt continue to have (federal prosecutors) violating really important orders ⦠If somebody should be released, that has to happen.āā
Judges need to start holding agency officials or Justice Department attorneys in civil contempt of court or impose sanctions for their lawless, criminal activities.
Indeed, agency officials or Justice Department attorneys should be held in contempt and jailed pending compliance.