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ICE Attorney: This job sucks, please hold me in contempt so I can get some sleep 02/04/26(Wed)08:26:20 No.1486606
ICE Attorney: This job sucks, please hold me in contempt so I can get some sleep 02/04/26(Wed)08:26:20 No.1486606
ICE Attorney: This job sucks, please hold me in contempt so I can get some sleep Anonymous 02/04/26(Wed)08:26:20 No.1486606 [Reply]▶
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/attorney-governmen t-tells-judge-ice-case-job-sucks-rc na257349
An attorney for the federal government expressed frustration at her job during an immigration hearing Tuesday in Minneapolis, where the Trump administration is carrying out a sweeping immigration enforcement operation.
“The system sucks. This job sucks. I wish you could hold me in contempt so that I could get 24 hours of sleep,” said Julie Le, an attorney representing the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, Lou Raguse of NBC affiliate KARE reported.
Raguse, who was in the courtroom, reported that Le said it was like “pulling teeth” to get the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Justice Department to follow court orders.
DHS, which oversees ICE, and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Le could not be reached for comment.
She made the remarks after U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell asked the government to explain why it had not followed court orders in immigration proceedings, including not releasing several immigrant detainees he had ordered be let out, according to the court docket.
Le told Blackwell that “it takes 10 emails from me for a release condition to be corrected. It takes me threatening to walk out for something else to be corrected,” KARE reported.
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Le, who is listed as a DHS attorney in the Minnesota Judicial Branch database, also said she did not feel properly trained for the role she is trying to fill, KARE reported.
Le has been assigned 88 cases in one month, according to a court docket.
Multiple lawyers at the U.S. attorney’s office have departed over ethical concerns in recent weeks, people familiar with the matter told NBC News. Trump administration officials have been trying to surge resources into the district to fill the gaps.
Ana H. Voss, Le’s co-counsel in Minneapolis, is among those who have given their notices of resignation, according to a person familiar with the matter. Voss did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Wednesday morning.
Le’s remarks Tuesday come amid “Operation Metro Surge,” a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to thousands of arrests since December. The enforcement operation in turn has led to mass protests in the city, where U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fatally shot by federal officers.
Their killings and the response by some members of the Trump administration drew widespread condemnation, in addition to many Republicans calling for an independent investigation into Pretti's death. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that body cameras would go to immigration agents in Minneapolis.
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>>1486610
As a professional paper pusher in the feds this is most likely due to their HR getting gutted and support staff getting the fuck out of dodge. Even when they’re full manpower it can take a couple of months for health insurance to kick in and it can take just as long for additional payments to go through for bonuses, relocations, reimbursement etc. It’s funny that they’re whining though, welcome to federal service fuckers, nothing is easy and quick by design.
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>>1486616
Massive overwork + she's probably dealing with constant demands to do shit that will get her disbarred. It's common for lawyers who work under Trump in any capacity, hence why he goes through so many of them.
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>>1486616
lol no that's not how government employees work. They have to track their hours and meet a minimum number of hours but they don't get paid any extra for passing that.
And the issue is she's representing an administration which continually ignores court orders
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>>1486731
>And the issue is she's representing an administration which continually ignores court orders
Which isn't fun as a lawyer, because if the court start going after people they're going after the lawyer who did it and not the people who ordered it. Pick your poison; get fired for not doing Trump's shit, or get disbarred and never be able to work again for doing Trump's shit?
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>>1486683
>Le said it was like “pulling teeth” to get the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Justice Department to follow court orders.
It sounds like she's mad that her boss is incompetent
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>>1486683
>Boss is overworking you with shit that's gonna show on your case record
>Barraged by complaints every minute
>Don't even get paid extra for this shit because you're a federal worker and not a paid-per-hour private lawyer