Minnesota Judge Says ICE Violated 100 Court Orders

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Minnesota Judge Says ICE Violated 100 Court Orders

January 29, 2026 at 5:54 am EST By Taegan Goddard 28 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/29/minnesota-judge-says-ice-violated-100-court-orders/

The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders stemming from its aggressive crackdown in the state and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence,” the New York Times reports.

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1. Hold them in contempt.

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2. Ask the border czar

What's up with that ?

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3. Trump DOJ nearly shut out by judges over cases that 'turn your stomach': expert

trump continues his losing streak in court

Trump DOJ nearly shut out by judges over cases that 'turn your stomach': expert

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T20:50:35.000Z

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President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was nearly shut out by judges after a federal judge in Minnesota said ICE has defied 100 different court orders.

Legal expert Lisa Rubin talked about the ongoing cases with MS NOW anchor Katie Tur, who described Judge Patrick J. Schiltz's statement that "ICE is behaving as if ICE itself is the law."

"It's crazy to me to have that said by the chief judge of the District of Minnesota, particularly given his background," Rubin said. "We have said this many times, but when it comes to the lawlessness of this administration, the folks who are calling that out are not all appointees of Democratic presidents. Many of them have conservative legal movement bona fides. That is absolutely true of this particular judge, Patrick Schiltz, and the order in which he related that Katie is not one where he had to say any of that."

Schiltz's comments pointed to a concern and what might happen with Trump's DOJ.

"The question was just, is Todd Lyons going to come to his courtroom on Friday and testify or not?" Rubin said. "And he said, it's no longer necessary. You have told me that you released the person in question. He was supposed to come and explain why the person hadn't been released, and they said, he's been released. We agree the hearing is off. But then he took the opportunity to say, 'I have spoken with the other judges in my district. We have counted between us nearly 100 instances in which ICE has not followed our orders."....

Rubin and MS NOW colleague Fallon Gallagher reviewed 61 cases where immigrants were challenging their detentions, which were decided between Jan. 20 and Jan. 27.

"We found that in all but one case, with judges appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, the immigrants won every single time but one. And in that one outstanding case, the person had a criminal history. But in all of the rest, not only did they have no criminal history, they were arrested in circumstances that turn your stomach," Rubin said.