Chief Judge Schiltz: ‘One way or another, ICE will comply with this court’s orders’

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 834

Last Updated: 5 days, 15 hours ago

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U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz said the federal judiciary is prepared to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt, which could include jail time, for continuing to violate court orders as they seek mass deportations.

Schiltz’s order filed on Thursday ratchets up the pressure on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Justice to comply with orders from Minnesota’s increasingly impatient and irate federal judges, who have repeatedly threatened …

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