ICE Attorney Reassigned After Viral Public Frustration in Minnesota Hearing

Julie Le, an ICE attorney, was removed from her Minnesota detail after publicly telling a federal court that ‘this job sucks’ while criticizing DHS for not complying with court orders to release detainees. She testified she moved to the Minnesota US attorney’s office to handle habeas petitions and had previously offered to resign, but stayed due to lack of a replacement. The hearing highlighted ongoing scrutiny of ICE operations in Minnesota, including detentions of non-criminal detainees, as about 700 federal agents were slated to leave Minnesota (leaving roughly 2,000 on the ground).