Judge orders ICE chief Todd Lyons to Minnesota court over Trump’s immigration crackdown

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Source: scmp.com
Judge orders ICE chief Todd Lyons to Minnesota court over Trump’s immigration crackdown
The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to appear before him on Friday to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt. In an order dated Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court. Schlitz took the administration to task over its handling of bond hearings for...