Minnesota is broken and getting worse.
ICE killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. But the rot goes deeper than the shootings. In open court today, a government attorney told a federal judge that “the system sucks. The job sucks” before adding she wished she would be held in contempt so she could sleep.
She’s not alone. Fourteen other prosecutors and a supervising FBI attorney have resigned recently. She stayed because she realized she could get people out from the inside. Another judge cited 96 court orders that DHS has violated across 74 cases.
Today, Governor Tim Walz demanded that the government account for all Minnesota children in federal custody. He said that no one in the government would tell him. That’s not surprising. The attorney told the judge today that they were working 600 habeas corpus cases in Minnesota.
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Source: USA Today
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Source: CNBC
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: BBC
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Source: Minnesota Public Radio
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Source: WDIO Duluth
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Source: CBS News
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Source: Newsweek
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Source: USA Today
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Source: The Independent
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Source: ABC News
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