The chief federal judge in Minnesota accused federal officials of continuing to #disobey judicial orders related to immigration enforcement and then #mischaracterizing the scope of their missteps.

♦️The judge, Patrick Schiltz, threatened to hold government officials in criminal contempt if the pattern continued,
writing in a scathing order on Thursday that,
✅ “one way or another, ICE will comply with this court’s orders.”

“The court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt
— again and again and again
— to force the United States government to comply with court orders,”
wrote Judge Schiltz, who was nominated to the bench by President George W. Bush.

Across the country, federal judges have repeatedly called out Trump administration officials in recent weeks
for testifying dishonestly,
representing the law inaccurately
and failing to comply promptly with their orders,
especially on immigration-related matters.

Tensions between the judiciary and the Trump administration have been especially high in Minnesota,
where the courts have been overwhelmed with lawsuits stemming from a crackdown on illegal immigration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/minnesota-judge-ice-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share