"So I gave them a specific time and - to get it done. If they don't, then by all mean, I'm going to walk out. And before I walk out, I was able to release another individual, a juvenile. That kind of like a step - like a barrier. Like, Wait, Julie, stop. You need to go back and get more people out. That's why I'm still here."
"I am here just trying to make sure that the agency understand how important it is to comply with all the court orders, which they have not done in the past or currently. I am here as a bridge and a liaison between the one that in jail, because if I walk out - sometime I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep. I work days and night just because people still in there."
An ICE attorney temporarily assigned to a U.S. Attorney's office worked long hours to process releases and pressed the agency to comply with court orders. She submitted a resignation but stayed because the office could not find a replacement and because she was securing releases, including a juvenile. She asked a judge to hold her in contempt so she could get uninterrupted sleep and criticized ICE procedures as inadequate. Courts issued many release orders because numerous detentions lacked lawful authority. Judge Jerry Blackwell said detention cannot precede lawful authority and that continued detention is unlawful when administrative difficulty or expanded operations prevent lawful execution.
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