DHS Responds After Judge Accuses ICE of Violating 96 Court Orders in Minnesota

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The Department of Homeland Security responded to criticism from a federal judge who claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had violated 96 court orders in 74 cases. The agency then released the detained immigrant and Schiltz dismissed his order, but not before issuing a scathing rebuke claiming that ICE had violated 96 court orders. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin responded Thursday and did not contradict the list of allegedly violated orders. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases,” the judge wrote. “ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence,” Schiltz wrote.