Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Corva Coleman. A federal judge in Minnesota is ordering the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to personally appear in a Minneapolis courtroom this Friday. The judge says ICE has failed to comply with dozens of court orders.
Chapter 2: What recent ruling did a federal judge make regarding ICE?
From Minnesota Public Radio, Matt Sepik reports.
Two weeks ago, Judge Patrick Schiltz ruled that Juan Hugo Tobe Robles, whom immigration authorities arrested, is not subject to mandatory prolonged detention. But Schiltz says ICE is not complying with his order to provide a bond hearing or release the man, or with dozens of similar orders.
The judge ordered Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court personally on Friday to answer why he shouldn't be held in contempt. Schiltz was appointed by President George W. Bush and clerked for the late conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In a Monday order, Schiltz writes, quote, the court's patience is at an end. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, the top border patrol official in Minneapolis is leaving the city. Greg Bovino has been the public face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. President Trump says he is sending border czar Tom Homan to the city instead. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he spoke with President Trump yesterday to discuss the situation.
The Treasury Department is canceling millions of dollars worth of contracts with the consulting firm Booz Allen. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the move comes after a Booz Allen contractor leaked confidential taxpayer information.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besson canceled a total of 31 contracts with Booz Allen, totaling $21 million, saying the company failed to safeguard sensitive information, including hundreds of thousands of taxpayer records.
Those records were the basis of explosive stories in the New York Times and ProPublica, showing how wealthy Americans like Donald Trump and Elon Musk managed to pay little or no income taxes. A Booz Allen contractor, Charles Edward Littlejohn, pleaded guilty to leaking the confidential data to reporters... He was sentenced to five years in prison.
Booz Allen says it's consistently condemned Little John's breach and assisted in the government's investigation. The company says it's surprised by the contract cancellations. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
The mammoth winter storm has pulled away from the East Coast, but behind it, frigid Arctic air has surged south from Canada. That means any ice that formed during the storm is not going to melt anytime soon. Southern states got the worst ice. David Lumpkin is a landscaper in Little Rock, Arkansas. He's been trying to clear entrances to a building.
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