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A lawyer working with the Minnesota attorney’s office said she just wants some sleep, after working so hard to try to get ICE to follow court orders.

“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.”

Edit clarification: This attorney works for the federal government, not the State of Minnesota.

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

She could say what exactly the feds are doing wrong, for example, with federal officers' names and dates and details. Create the record.

My guess is that the ICE and DHS people who are breaking the law have figured out not to tell the attorneys this stuff, for precisely this reason. The attorneys have a duty of candor to the court, but ICE does not.

She could refuse to file motions supporting the feds.

She may already be doing this, at least with respect to 100% dilatory motions. I haven't kept up with her case work.

Then the people would win those uncontested cases.

In this case, and in many others like it in MN, the petitioners already won their case. They've been ordered to be released, but they aren't getting released in a timely manner.

When a judge issues a release order, it is the responsibility of the federal attorney to communicate the contents of that order into the federal bureaucracy, to ensure it is carried out. That process has turned into an all-consuming job, because that's how ICE wants it.

I agree in general, though, that the only ethical or moral move here is to resign.