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Ian Millhiser

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How deportation broke the courts

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I'm Ian Millhiser.

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How deportation broke the courts

I cover the Supreme Court here for Vox.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

You recently wrote about a Department of Justice lawyer named Julie Lee, who, as I understand it, looked a federal judge in the eye and said, this job sucks.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

What happened?

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

Yeah, she said more than that.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

At one point, she said that, like, sometimes she wants the judge to hold her in contempt so she can get a night's sleep.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

So, yeah, what happened here is that Lee was an attorney for the Department of Homeland Security.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

She volunteered to take an assignment with the U.S.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

Attorney's Office in Minneapolis, which is handling this enormous crush of cases caused by the ICE occupation in Minneapolis.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

The workload they gave her was just insane, completely unmanageable by any one attorney.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

She apparently was assigned to 88 cases in a single month.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

And, you know, that incredible workload that was placed on one lawyer turns out to be a microcosm for a lot of the dysfunction that is happening in Minneapolis.

Today, Explained
How deportation broke the courts

88 cases.