Judge slams ICE violations amid growing backlash

What happened

The chief federal judge in Minnesota Wednesday sharply criticized ICE for violating at least 96 court orders this month during its operations in Minneapolis. “ICE is not a law unto itself,” U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote in a four-page order that canceled a contempt hearing he had scheduled Friday for ICE acting Director Todd Lyons. Shortly after Schiltz issued his rebuke, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim ordered federal agents to stop detaining lawful refugees in Minnesota...