Schiltz attached an appendix to his order of 96 court orders that ICE had violated in 74 different cases in the district. It's highly unusual for federal judges to issue such direct accusations and contempt threats against the government. However, an increasing number of judges have become exasperated by the Trump administration's noncompliance with their orders in immigration cases. It has repeatedly violated court orders to release detainees, and it has disregarded the growing chorus of court opinions against it. Federal judges have freed at least eight detained immigrants in response to habeas corpus petitions.