Overview
- Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz warned that the court may pursue criminal contempt after confirming 97 violations in 66 cases and identifying 113 additional violations since late January.
- U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan ordered Rosen and ICE representatives to appear on March 3 to explain failures to return property to immigrants in 28 cases, noting the petitioners had been unlawfully detained.
- Judge Laura Provinzino held a federal prosecutor in civil contempt over unreturned identification documents, and Judge Eric Tostrud found the administration in contempt for an improper transfer to Texas that left a detainee without his belongings.
- Judge John Tunheim issued a preliminary injunction blocking DHS’s Operation PARRIS policy in Minnesota that targeted recently resettled refugees who lack green cards.
- The court actions follow Operation Metro Surge, in which DHS deployed about 3,000 agents and reported more than 4,000 arrests in Minnesota, triggering a flood of habeas cases that has strained the U.S. Attorney’s Office.