Homeland Security officials won’t back off criticism of RI federal judge. Just read their op-ed.

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 930

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Trump administration is doubling down on its criticism against the Rhode Island federal judge who released a man from immigration detention without being told he was wanted for a homicide in his native Dominican Republic.

James Percival, general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), wrote an op-ed for the conservative online magazine The Federalist Tuesday where he accused U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose of “judicial misconduct involving a nakedly …

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