NEW: A rupture between DOJ and ICE has emerged in Minnesota, where overwhelmed prosecutors keep dropping the ball — and saying ICE won't return their messages.
The crisis has had real-world consequences for migrants illegally detained.
w/ @joshgerstein
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MORE: Julie Le — the DOJ attorney who vented about the chaos in court — has been reassigned. politico.com/news/2026/02/0…
Le's cases are the tip of the iceberg. In recent weeks, an overwhelmed DOJ has dropped the ball in dozens of cases, missing deadlines, botching filings, violating orders.
Judge say the local DOJ attorneys aren't at fault — but blame their DC leaders. politico.com/news/2026/02/0…
Ana VOSS, the civil chief in the Minnesota US attorney's office, has repeatedly had to apologize in court for the office's missteps. She told Judge Blackwell sepcifically that a "lack of training and communication" w ICE's field office was a problem. politico.com/news/2026/02/0…
MORE: DOJ's civil division in Minnesota has similarly described being "utterly overwhelmed" in ways that led to repeated errors and missed deadlines
Despite ample evidence to the contrary, DHS and DOJ say there's no issue keeping up with the massive caseload.
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Some recent examples of courts grappling with errors, misinformation and missed deadlines by the government in immigration cases. This is just in MN, but it's happening around the country too: politico.com/news/2026/02/0…
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