Dozens of case files showcase how ICE violated court orders in Minneapolis

"More than 4,000 people have been arrested in Minneapolis since the start of Operation Metro Surge in December, and federal judges and civil rights lawyers say many of those detentions broke the law. The Washington Post reviewed nearly 70 cases in which U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruled that the Trump administration had violated court orders."

"The case files show how officers repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally "shall be detained" without bond, indefinitely, even when courts had ordered they be granted a bond hearing or set free."

"Of the 66 cases The Post examined, 52 involved immigrants with pending applications for asylum or another legal status. None had final deportation orders. Most weren't criminals and more than a third had lived in the United States for over a decade."

Operation Metro Surge, launched in December, resulted in more than 4,000 arrests in Minneapolis. Federal judges and civil rights lawyers identified numerous illegal detentions, with U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruling that the Trump administration violated court orders in nearly 70 examined cases. Officers detained individuals by reinterpreting a 1996 law requiring detention without bond for those in the country illegally, ignoring court orders for bond hearings or release. Of 66 cases reviewed, 52 involved immigrants with pending asylum applications or legal status applications, none with final deportation orders. Most detainees were not criminals, over a third had lived in the United States for more than a decade, and many were legal refugees detained under challenged policies.

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