An assistant US Attorney crashing out in federal court in front of a judge is unreal and unheard of. I’m sure some of us have seen clips of people acting up in a city/municipal court, *maybe* a state judicial district court, but federal court is an entirely different ballgame.
Julie Le was (temporarily) serving as Assistant US Attorney for the district that covers Minneapolis. The flood of (wrongful) arrests in Minneapolis is causing the courts to be overwhelmed, on top of the fact that DHS/ICE is just outright ignoring court orders. (edited for context: Le was an attorney for ICE but went over to this sector to help with the influx of cases and court orders)
So a judge calls her up to demand answers as to why ICE is ignoring so many court orders. She told the judge that the government is “overwhelmed” by the number of legal challenges coming out of operation Metro Surge.
> “I am here to make sure the agency understands how important it is to comply with court orders,” said Le, who became visibly emotional during the court hearing.
> While Le said procedures are being implemented to ensure ICE complies with court orders moving forward, she admitted it has been like pulling teeth and has required non-stop work in an already depleted office.
> “I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” Le said. “The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need.”
Keep in mind that there are FOURTEEN vacancies for prosecutors in this district that covers Minneapolis as of yesterday when 7 more of them quit. They are leaving in droves because they refuse to be involved with or responsible for prosecuting people who get detained from the ICE raids.
enuoilslnon on
I was trying to figure out who this woman is and where she’s coming from, this sheds a little light on it, but I’m still not sure if she volunteered to try to do the right thing, or if she’s like the ICE agents herself:
> Le normally doesn’t work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court.
>“We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do,” Le said.
Unique_Departure_800 on
Oh…
I thought this was an onion post. I was wondering why fauxmoi left it up.
The same reporter. Immigrants are being unconstitutionally locked up and the govt isn’t responding to the judge
Connect_Reading9499 on
The cracks are showing. Bondi can’t keep saving face when she has no face to save.
Frenetic_Platypus on
Oh no! Oh, poor, precious little thing! It’s hard working for the SS?! Oh boo hoo, you’re overworked because every lawyer with a shred of integrity fucking quit? And now you’re staying at an awful job because you’re just that committed to being a motherfucking nazi? And I’m supposed to feel bad for you?
susandeyvyjones on
No wonder they’re begging for applicants on Twitter. AUSA used to be a highly sought after job.
snipsnap987 on
does she want us to feel bad that she’s overworked because ICE is carrying so many illegal and unconstitutional actions, so all the other lawyers with consciences quit. like be so fucking for real
AYTOL__ on
So basically she wants to quit but is afraid for her safety
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An assistant US Attorney crashing out in federal court in front of a judge is unreal and unheard of. I’m sure some of us have seen clips of people acting up in a city/municipal court, *maybe* a state judicial district court, but federal court is an entirely different ballgame.
Julie Le was (temporarily) serving as Assistant US Attorney for the district that covers Minneapolis. The flood of (wrongful) arrests in Minneapolis is causing the courts to be overwhelmed, on top of the fact that DHS/ICE is just outright ignoring court orders. (edited for context: Le was an attorney for ICE but went over to this sector to help with the influx of cases and court orders)
So a judge calls her up to demand answers as to why ICE is ignoring so many court orders. She told the judge that the government is “overwhelmed” by the number of legal challenges coming out of operation Metro Surge.
> “I am here to make sure the agency understands how important it is to comply with court orders,” said Le, who became visibly emotional during the court hearing.
> While Le said procedures are being implemented to ensure ICE complies with court orders moving forward, she admitted it has been like pulling teeth and has required non-stop work in an already depleted office.
> “I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” Le said. “The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need.”
Keep in mind that there are FOURTEEN vacancies for prosecutors in this district that covers Minneapolis as of yesterday when 7 more of them quit. They are leaving in droves because they refuse to be involved with or responsible for prosecuting people who get detained from the ICE raids.
I was trying to figure out who this woman is and where she’s coming from, this sheds a little light on it, but I’m still not sure if she volunteered to try to do the right thing, or if she’s like the ICE agents herself:
> Le normally doesn’t work for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She used to work as an attorney for ICE in immigration court, and last month volunteered to help prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office deal with the many habeas petitions from immigrants in ICE detention seeking their release. But Le admitted to Blackwell that ICE is out of its depth, and was not prepared to argue cases in federal court.
>“We have no guidance or direction on what we need to do,” Le said.
Oh…
I thought this was an onion post. I was wondering why fauxmoi left it up.
https://preview.redd.it/xn82tswwodhg1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2d8aeec224bc6d7b2cc103b413910d8fa9f5ac9
The same reporter. Immigrants are being unconstitutionally locked up and the govt isn’t responding to the judge
The cracks are showing. Bondi can’t keep saving face when she has no face to save.
Oh no! Oh, poor, precious little thing! It’s hard working for the SS?! Oh boo hoo, you’re overworked because every lawyer with a shred of integrity fucking quit? And now you’re staying at an awful job because you’re just that committed to being a motherfucking nazi? And I’m supposed to feel bad for you?
No wonder they’re begging for applicants on Twitter. AUSA used to be a highly sought after job.
does she want us to feel bad that she’s overworked because ICE is carrying so many illegal and unconstitutional actions, so all the other lawyers with consciences quit. like be so fucking for real
So basically she wants to quit but is afraid for her safety