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A Justice Department lawyer broke down during a court hearing about ICE’s conduct and appeared to be tired of her job.
On Tuesday, Justice Department lawyers Julie Le Participated in federal hearing on ICE immigration enforcement in Minnesota. At one point during the session, the judge Jerry Blackwell Le repeatedly ignored court orders and pressured the agency. In response, Le appeared to have a stream of consciousness, a local Fox 9 reporter reported. Paul Bloom, Who detailed the strange moment:
“Shocking Federal Court Moment: ‘This system sucks, this job sucks,’ DOJ attorney Julie Le tells Judge Jerry Blackwell, who presses her on why so many court orders are ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asks to be held in contempt so she can get 24 hours of sleep.”
Bloom added in a follow-up tweet that Blackwell called the hearing because “he was frustrated that in the five habeas cases he presided over, he felt his orders were ignored, resulting in immigration detainees being held unconstitutionally for days.” Then, Bloom said, Ler admitted that the government’s lawyers “just couldn’t keep up.”
ICE’s actions under intense scrutiny due to killing of ICE Renee Goode and Alex Pretty. Shortly after the latter, the Border Tsar Tom Homan Travel to Minneapolis and recommend that ICE reduce its presence on the city’s streets. secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem It was also revealed that ICE agents will be wearing body cameras going forward.
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