Immigration Crackdown Overloads DOJ, Strains Courts in Minnesota
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Mass deportation efforts in Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge have overwhelmed DOJ and ICE, triggering widespread court-order noncompliance, missed deadlines, misfilings, and detentions that judges say violate orders. A newly assigned DOJ prosecutor publicly lamented, 'This job sucks,' highlighting staffing gaps and interagency resistance, as some prosecutors resign and judges threaten contempt; the White House has moved to pull hundreds of agents to ease the pressure.
- ‘This job sucks’: Government lawyers, drowning in immigration cases, have had it Politico
- Prosecutor Fired After Voicing Frustration With Immigration Caseload The New York Times
- Trump admin attorney leaves Minnesota after telling judge her job ‘sucks’ amid crush of immigration cases CNN
- ICE attorney to judge: ‘This job sucks’ MPR News
- Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department vox.com
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