Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) top lawyer accused a federal judge of working with other judges to block immigration law enforcement after the jurist said that the Trump administration's Minnesota enforcement surge created "a grave threat to the rule of law."
Federal law enforcement agents stand in line to keep anti-ICE protesters away from the entrance to the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Jan. 15, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty ImagesThe accusations followed a New York Times article published on Sept. 17 featuring a joint interview with seven Minnesota judges.
It is unusual for federal judges to sit for wide-ranging media interviews dealing with their rulings and what impact they have had. The high-profile enforcement surge in the Twin Cities ran from December 2025 to the middle of February 2026.
On Jan. 28, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz issued an order saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had failed to comply with nearly a hundred court orders. Schiltz, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush, previously clerked for conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scal
