"A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people. The judge said that the White House had also extended its violence on its own citizens, citing the killings of Renee Good in January by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and Alex Pretti in the same month by Border Patrol, both US citizens and both protesting in Minneapolis."
"Sykes said the administration had violated her December ruling that found it was illegally denying many detained immigrants a chance for release, amid record levels of immigrants now in detention after being apprehended by various agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) umbrella. She ordered DHS to provide detainees with notice that they may be eligible for bond and then give them access to a phone to call an attorney within an hour."
"The White House referred comment on Thursday to the homeland security department. The department said in a statement that the supreme court had repeatedly overruled lower courts on the issue of mandatory detention. ICE has the law and the facts on its side, and it adheres to all court decisions until it ultimately gets them shot down by the highest court in the land, the statement said."
U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in efforts to deport millions. Sykes cited the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and Border Patrol, respectively, during protests in Minneapolis. Sykes found the administration violated a December ruling that barred illegally denying many detained immigrants a chance for release and ordered DHS to notify detainees of potential bond eligibility and to provide phone access to attorneys within an hour. Sykes vacated a September immigration court ruling relied upon to continue mandatory detention. The White House referred comment to DHS, which defended ICE by citing repeated supreme court reversals of lower courts and asserting adherence to court decisions. Past administrations generally allowed bond hearings for people without criminal records, a practice reversed by the Trump White House.
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