ICE mistakenly told agents to arrest people in immigration courts, DOJ admits

"Mistakenly"....stephen miller straight up demanded they do it or get fired

"Mistakenly".

wait, what does this mean for the Wisconsin Judge who was charged with obstructing federal agents ... if they were acting illegally?

I call b.s. They were given aggressive quotas and went for the low hanging fruit at the immigration courts.

>Donald Trump’s administration has falsely stated for nearly a year that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrest-san-francisco-tsa-b2945411.html) officers can arrest people inside immigration courts, where agents [standing outside courtroom doors](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/new-york-school-student-ice-arrest-b2941280.html) have swiftly cuffed thousands of immigrants immediately after they left their hearings. Falsely stated = lied >“Based on our discussions with ICE today, this regrettable error appears to have occurred because of agency attorney error,” Clayton [wrote](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.0.pdf). "Our bad!" And there will be no accountability.

"oops, my bad" just doesn't quite cover it

sounds like then we should free everyone who was taken in an illegal manner, right? *right?*

Translation: Tom Homan is gunning for Pam Bondi. Homan is trying to move the operation underground so that it doesn't get press attention and smartphone videos that go viral. And he will want a few more necks to ax so that Trump can claim that everything is just fine in ICEland. Susie Wiles is presumably fine with this and is probably hoping to add Miller to the staffing kill list.

So what would that mean for Judge Dugan who was found guilty of felony obstruction for letting an immigrant\* use a side door. fixed a word

This reminds me of how children use the word "accident" when the predictable outcome arrives after constantly doing the thing they were asked not to.

The midterms are coming! Quick backtrack our most heinous policies!

> mistakenly I don’t think that means what you think it means.

What the f*** happened to journalists’ balls? Are they all f****** eunuchs now?????? Mistakenly. THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO IT DURING HOUSE OVERSIGHT. WHAT THE SHIT IS WRONG WITH YOU, JOURNALISTS. YOU SUCK. YOU ARE MAKING THIS WORSE. IF YOU DONT DO **WHAT YOUR LITERAL FUNCTION IS IN SOCIETY** WHY DOES YOUR JOB EXIST? Ask yourself: in 10 years, is this an article I would tell my kids I wrote and be proud of it? Could you justify this article in front of your church, live? Could you put this article on your gravestone as “this is my proudest achievement!” If the answer is NO to any of these: the what the f*** are you doing.

The correct word is "intentionally".

"mistakenly"

It’s almost like the totally unqualified hacks with no training or experience don’t know what they’re doing.

I don’t think it was by mistake. They never intended to follow the Constitution or laws.

It wasn’t a mistake. Let’s be honest.

You're going to see the Trump administration start walking back a lot of the immigration stuff hoping that it changes the narrative quickly and definitively before the election. This is a sign of that. They are really hoping that it's enough for a lot of Americans to think the issue is solved. I think it's also strategically a way for conservatives to be able to more realistically claim that everybody else is being hyperbolic about how immigration has been handled this last year. Gives them more solid examples to say c*** like "Trump doesn't support that policy, so I don't know what you're talking about"

This whole thing goes beyond just one "mistake." The Trump administration has been reducing the number of immigration judges/attorneys while pressuring the rest to deny migrants their citizenship and dismiss their cases when they show up to their court hearings, only to have ICE officials waiting for them outside of court, usually without the proper warrant to detain and deport them. Worse yet, immigration agents are refusing to comply with court orders to release wrongly detained migrants who end up sitting in jail, sometimes for indefinite periods of time while a judge has already ordered their release. In some cases, these detainees are transferred to other jails or remote detention centers across the country where they have no access to a lawyer, and places where they are forced to endure inhumane living conditions, not even aware that they've been granted release! Meanwhile, these judges and DOJ/DHS lawyers are being swamped with so many cases that they cannot carry out their duties. Which is deliberate if you ask me. It's gotten so out of hand that DHS attorneys are making headlines. You might remember Julie Le, who was an ICE attorney who volunteered to work in Minnesota back in January. Records show that she was given 88 cases to work in less than a month. During one profile hearing, she told the judge: > "Sometimes I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honor, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep. I work days and nights just because people are still in there... The system sucks. This job sucks. And I am trying every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need." This was in response to the judge demanding to know why ICE agents weren't complying with court orders to release these detainees. Le also revealed the extent of the dysfunction: > "It takes 10 emails to get a release condition to be corrected. It takes two escalations and a threat that I will walk out for that to be corrected." She also admitted that she was about to resign before realizing that she was one of few attorneys working for DHS who were trying to prevent people from being/remaining detained even after a judge had ordered their release. Le was abruptly fired after making her remarks in court. I guess she got the sleep she wanted... One major problem with our immigration system has been a lack of judges, attorneys and other staff involved in court cases, interviewing migrants and moving them through the legal system. It was a problem before Trump entered office, and it's only gotten worse because Trump isn't actually interested in addressing these systemic issues and *root* causes of our so-called "immigration crisis." Instead, him and his allies who are running immigration enforcement operations and overseeing the immigration courts have focused almost all of the government's energy on Trump's "mass deportation" agenda and meeting excessive quotas so the White House can brag about numbers rather than fix the inherent problems within our immigration system. It only gets worse from here... **Camp Conditions:** The Trump administration is spending excessive amounts of money on building what can only be described as concentration camps around the country. The living conditions at these detention centers are sickening and the federal agents who are tasked with running these camps and supervising inmates operate under little to no oversight. The goal is to keep these inmates detained for indefinite periods of time, subjecting them to brutality and torture, depriving them of human rights and access to basic necessities; including immigration lawyers, so that they are forced to choose between self deportation or death. *Dozens* of detainees have died in these wretched hell holes. And that's just what's been reported. ICE officials can and have undercounted deaths by using what's called the "release before death loophole." They've even admitted that if a detainee is released immediately before their death, the death is not counted as "in custody." Whistleblowers have also sounded the alarm about systemic underreporting of deaths, injuries, and violence. They've spoken up about the utter lack of oversight at these facilities; about the cruel negligence on the part of staff, about seriously flawed investigations into these horrors, and about the disgusting, dehumanizing standard of living for detainees. Previous reviews found that nearly all of these deaths were preventable. The causes of these deaths can be linked to things like severe medical neglect, delays in emergency care, preventable infectious diseases as a result of overcrowding and foul living conditions, even suicide due to lack of prevention measures. Some deaths are attributed to preventable accidents and injuries sustained by detainees going intentionally uncared for. Detention centers also have severe understaffing issues while inspection records are being falsified. Reports are often incomplete, forged or delayed. And of course this all comes with next to no accountability. In some cases, American citizens have been detained at these facilities and have spoken out about the nauseating and derelict conditions that inmates are forced to endure for unknown periods of time. **"But Trump Is Only Going After 'The Worst Of The Worst!'"** Trump, his DHS and supporters insist that the government is only targeting "criminals" and "the worst of the worst." They insisted on it after the supreme Court ruled that Kilmar Garcia was unlawfully deported to one of the most dangerous, prisons, nay, PLACES on earth after an immigration judge expressly forbade his deportation to El Salvador. They insist on it after witnessing multiple American citizens being wrongly and violently assaulted, even slain at the hands of Trump's lawless, jack-booted ICE thugs. They insist on it while data shows that the number of immigrants with criminal records who have been captured or deported is insignificant when compared to the number of immigrants who have been detained with no criminal background whatsoever. They insisted on it when ICE agents were targeting and attesting people based on non-gang affiliated tattoos and clothing. They still insist on it after the Trump administration made separating families and arresting children an *intentional* policy goal. As homeland security was deporting large numbers of migrants with legal status and/or no criminal records to mega prisons and Guantanamo bay while depriving them of their right to due process. They insisted on it when the Trump administration began mass raids targeting laborers, taxpayers, veterans, and lawful residents. While masked ICE agents were throwing political dissidents and foreign students into unmarked vehicles. After the Trump administration began withholding visas to foreign students while vetting their social media accounts and demanding that universities spy on them. After a report came out that revealed how Stephen Miller demanded ICE agents start indiscriminately arresting and detaining anyone vaguely perceived as a foreigner in order to meet an excessive deportation quota. They insisted on it when the Trump administration gave immigration agents permission to stop, question and detain people based on their "apparent ethnicity," language or place of work. While these agents are mistakenly and violently detaining U.S citizens. They insist on it while ICE is targeting asylum seekers, green card carriers, visa holders, protestors, students, legal residents, and so on. As Trump is federalizing state troops to work in tandem with poorly trained ICE goons who are escalating violence, violating rights, and cracking down on protestors. After multiple incidents where federal agents were caught violently arresting elected officials for speaking out during press conferences for homeland security. After ICE agents detained migrants waiting in line at their citizenship ceremony, some who had been working towards their citizenship for decades. While Trump is using ICE as his own personal Gestapo. They continue to insist that anyone who criticizes the Trump administration's clearly unlawful actions must be a sympathizer for "the enemy"—a delusional notion and logical fallacy steeped in an extremely ignorant, binary worldview. And if you are a judge or legal authority who has the gall to challenge the unconstitutionality of Trump's actions, you should prepare yourself to receive threats of violence and swift, political retribution from the corrupt federal government.

Mistakenly my ass

"Mistake?" you say? So someone is going to be fired and held accountable? or in the vernacular be thrown under the bus per se'?

There are people there who need arresting. They're wearing "ICE" patches and covering their faces.

This doesn't mean that they are saying what they were doing was illegal or that they're going to correct it or that they are sorry. It means they realize that it's unpopular and they are going to pretend it didn't happen.

Mistakenly? Really? These people will be held to account not only of their actions, but their lies.

Does that mean ICE can charged for assaulting the comptroller of new york city in early 2025 and all the similar add-on crimes ice has been committing to aid in their criminal kidnapping conspiracy.

I don't see any accountability in an apology. Bondi needs a good spanking.

Oh cool are they going to release everyone arrested in immigration courts then?

And Trump mistakenly made billions of dollars exploiting the American people and constitution… Trump for prison 2026

Mistakenly is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.

Yes the same people who scream about immigrants following the law. This was a demonstration of what happens to those who followed the law.

Oh look, the agency notorious for its constant lying and utter disregard for the law is lying about their disregard of a the law. But since they've admitted that it was a mistake they'll surely take responsibility and free everyone they've admitted that they mistakenly arrested... right?

"mistakenly" Yeah, right.

Mistake my ass

Then Stephen Miller needs to accidentally go to jail.

I do routinely mistype "now" to "not", and the other way around, in emails. ICE is full of shit. No way this was by accident. Nope. Not when Stephen Miller is giving orders.

Falsely stated = LIED. Just like when my employer gave me a paycheck that had no available funds in the account. When I told them that they gave me a bad check they insisted that it was merely 'no available funds'. No, honey, yall are writing hot checks.

All they do is wrong on every level. Lie. Abduct. Deny food. Deny meds. Deny rights. F*** ice.

Mistake my a$$. They were trying to hit quotas per the orange grifter.

That's not a mistake one just makes. "Oh no, I accidentally told you to break the law and violate people's rights. There is no plausible deniability when everyone was shouting about how illegal this has been the whole time. When protesters were killed over this bullshit enforcement, there's no mistake here. Just hubris and malice that will eventually catch up to these people.

Aside from the fact that his was clearly illegal and everyone involved knew it. The kind of piece of human garbage to do this or order it is next level. It really exemplifies the types of walking sacks of shit ICE employs.

'Mistakenly', my arse.

No mistake they did that on purpose

The agents themselves need to be imprisoned for this as well. Since they all wore masks making it impossible to know which ones carried out these crimes, every single mother f****** ICE employee who received a paycheck during this crime spree should spend the rest of their life in prison.

ICE is evil Trump is evil Trump's administration is evil Trump supporters are evil

Seemed pretty f****** deliberate.

"Woops sorry lol" is not an excuse. Throw the book at everyone.

Mistakenly my ass

Mistake is bs, they have a per head bonus.

we have to ditch this stupid idea that an immeasurable quality, like intention, has any effect on whether or not a crime has been committed. if we measure intention, it should have to do with sentencing, not guilt.

Uh-oh somebody must have figured out that their protection isn’t going to last very much longer. I’m seeing a ton of backpedaling from the Department of war and the Department of justice recently.

There are no mistakes.

It wasn’t a fuckin mistake. We weren’t born yesterday.

“Mistakenly”

If they are claiming it is a mistake, I want names. I want people to fall on their swords. Someone instructed thousands of people to commit felonies--that person should be named and brought on charges, publicly, in an official capacity. And while I'm at it, I also want a million dollars and a pony and...

It was not a mistake.

Does the DOJ have even a basic understanding of the law, or are they making it all up as they go along?

The DOJ did not do this by mistake, now they got caught and say it was an accident. Sounds like Trump saying he accidentally had sex with children, NOBODY has accidental sex with a child, nobody tripped and fell… Disgusting how as a country we are even listening to this obvious line of garbage…

Not a single f****** MAGA will see this either. They are all for it

It was all a mistake, sorry that we are tyrants and that we unalive people, 'cause reasons. 

"Make sure you cover your faces while you're out there committing mistakes, boys."

Republicans trying to weasel out of being accountable, as usual. Release the Epstein files!

Mistakenly?!? F*** you doj.

Yeah mistakenly my ass

Between Trump distancing himself earlier this week and now this, it seems that Stephen Miller is being set up to take the fall before the election.

ICE “mistakenly” aka repeatedly told *the Court* that it had a memo authorizing them to do this.

"Mistakenly".

Yeah right. Our leadership has a credibility problem. 

It wasn't a mistake

Sue the shit out of these mofos.

"mistakenly"

A 'mistake' is accidentally buying the wrong variety of Rice-a-roni. This isn't even remotely comparable.

Error, my ass. When you don’t fix the problem until months later, that is not an error. It is someone realizing the limb they were told to go out on is being cut off behind them.

Mistakenly my butt

"Mistakenly" my ass. They knew it'd be an easy place to find immigrants.

Just like they mistakenly issued a memo telling them they didn't need a warrant to bust down someone's door?

Oopsie doodle! Ah shucks! Garsh darnit, some wires must'a been crossed somewhere. And then we let it go on for months. Drat! Oh well, live and learn, right?

Oopsie daisy, tee hee! 😊

F****** criminally idiotic.

...and how long did it take to correct that order?

ICE agents mistakenly told ICE agents to brutalize people but the american people are cowards and the highest court in the land is bought and paid for so nothing will happen.

Pretty bold for the DOJ to claim ignorance of the law as an excuse. It seems more likely it was intentional and they always knew they could just say, "oops, our bad" once they finally got forced to stop.

> ICE ~~mistakenly~~ purposefully told agents to attack and arrest people in immigration courts

Again, under new leadership.

and what's going to be done to remedy/compensate all those who have been "inconvenienced"? Wait one please....I'll be right back. While it IS spring it still IS a bit chilly; but... I think I just heard a cricket! Yay me!

They literally conspired with immigration judges and lawyers... they have proof of this. All of those fucks should be disbarred.

Mistake my ass.

Free Hannah Dugan.  Now.

A mistake is forgetting to buy milk, not f****** arresting legal Americans. F****** nazis.

What? ICE intentionally told them to. Mistakenly is when you do something you did not intend to do. ICE fully intended to do this.

How can you do this accidentally!?!

Mistakingly in that figure no one would give a shit and got caught. Though no punishment of real cost. Same as f****** ever.