WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has complied with a Minnesota federal judge’s order to release a wrongly detained Ecuadorean man, likely averting an in-person contempt of court hearing for its acting director.
The release means acting ICE director Todd Lyons is no longer required to make an extraordinary appearance in Minnesota federal court to explain his agency’s failure to comply with dozens of court orders during President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge, which has led to the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Rod Nickel)
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