"In a sharply worded filing late Monday, Minnesota's chief federal judge Patrick J. Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee and former clerk to conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, summoned Lyons to explain why the agency has failed, in dozens of cases, to carry out court-ordered bond hearings for detained immigrants. The judge said Lyons could face possible contempt sanctions after immigrants who were granted bond hearings instead remained in detention or were transferred out of state despite explicit instructions from the bench."
"In several cases cited, detainees were flown to Texas even after courts ordered they remain in Minnesota. The court's patience is at an end, Schiltz wrote. He continued: The Court acknowledges that ordering the head of a federal agency to personally appear is an extraordinary step, but the extent of ICE's violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary, and lesser measures have been tried and failed."
Patrick J. Schiltz, chief federal judge in Minnesota, ordered acting ICE head Todd Lyons to appear personally in court and warned that repeated refusals to follow judicial orders may trigger contempt proceedings. The summons responds to dozens of cases in which ICE failed to carry out court-ordered bond hearings, with some detainees remaining in custody or being transferred out of state despite explicit bench instructions. In several cited instances detainees were flown to Texas after courts ordered they remain in Minnesota. Uncertainty remains whether Lyons will comply or whether Justice Department lawyers will seek to block the appearance. The action coincides with a major surge in enforcement across Minnesota, deployment of thousands of ICE agents, a flood of habeas petitions from detainees, and federal prosecutions of protesters opposing the raids.
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