Government attorney who told judge in ICE case, 'This job sucks,' removed from detail
Julie Le, a government attorney who was representing the Justice Department in court is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota after she told a judge her job "sucks" and asked to be held in contempt so she "could get 24 hours of sleep."
Le was called to testify Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota, about why the government has been nonresponsive to judicial orders regarding people in ICE detention.
"What do you want me to do? The system sucks," Le told Judge Jerry Blackwell, according to a court transcript. "This job sucks. And I am trying [with] every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need."
When the judge questioned Le regarding why the Trump administration should not be held in contempt for violating court orders, she admited, "I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep. I work day and night just because people are still in there."
Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident who was detained by immigration agents in January, described her experience to lawmakers at a congressional forum Tuesday, saying she was dragged from her car and denied medical care despite having a disability.
Rahman said that after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents broke her car window, shattering glass over her body, they used a knife to cut her seatbelt off and forcibly removed her from her car. She said she was taken to a detention facility, where she was denied the use of her cane. Despite asking for medical treatment and access to a lawyer, she was held in an interrogation room until she blacked out.
ICE and Mass Deportation: The View From History
Where did ICE raids and mass deportation come from? If you are free next Monday, join eminent historian of immigration Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and History at Columbia University, for an online talk that will bring critical historical context to the current moment. Open to all. Monday, February 9 at 4pm ET. Register here.
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