Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.
The top lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota left the agency in recent days, exiting as a crush of litigation stemming from the immigration crackdown in the state has overwhelmed the court system.
The lawyer, Jim Stolley, the outgoing chief counsel for ICE in the state, has not publicly addressed the circumstances of his departure. Starting this week, emails sent to his government account generated an automated response noting that he had “retired from public service.” ....
Top ICE Lawyer in Minnesota Departs as Immigration Lawsuits Overwhelm Courts - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/ice-lawyer-quits-minnesota.html
7 Comments
bradinutah@thelemmy.club · 37 pts · 219d
Maybe the government will be appointed a lawyer who will do their best but defend the government with limited resources, resulting in wins for We the People over the fascists run by an incompetent presidential administration.
pageflight@piefed.social · 20 pts · 219d
If they're checking resumes for this position as closely as they're checking them for the armed bullies, maybe I could get the job with 0 legal experience and lose a lot of cases.
howl2@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 219d
What's that quote about how fascism leaks and constantly breaks? It will always lose because it depends on those who it abuses to keep it functioning. Quiet quitting had always been a th. People only support what they believe in
bradinutah@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 218d
Nemik's Manifesto from Star Wars Andor
gnuthing@piefed.social · 3 pts · 219d
Nah they'll just keep ppl in detention until their cases finally get heard so our for profit prison complex can keep making the rich richer. It's as much a wealth transfer scheme as it is a genocidal one
Gobo@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 219d
Someone should take the job and then proceed to drop all charges in all cases.
Luxyr@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 218d
The terrifying thing is that the people they are taking will just be kept in cages regardless of what the prosecution is or isn't doing.