DOJ admits to violating dozens of immigration-related court orders in this state
The Trump administration has acknowledged violating court orders issued by federal judges in New Jersey more than 50 times over the past 10 weeks in cases stemming from the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
The Trump administration has acknowledged violating court orders issued by federal judges in New Jersey more than 50 times over the past 10 weeks in cases stemming from the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts, according to a story by Politico.
In a court document filed Feb. 13, U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General Jordan Fox said the violations were spread across more than 547 immigration cases since early December.
Fox said one of the violations includes a deportation to Peru despite a judge’s injunction, as well as three missed deadlines to release U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, according to the story.
There were also six missed deadlines in response to court orders, 12 missed deadlines to provide bond hearings to ICE detainees, and 17 out-of-state transfers after judges had issued no-transfer orders, according to Politico.
“We regret deeply all violations for which our office is responsible,” Fox wrote, adding that the violations were “unintentional and immediately rectified once we learned of them.”
Fox was tapped in December to help lead the Department of Justice’s New Jersey office after Alina Habba, the temporary pick and the former top federal prosecutor in the state, was forced out.
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