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Minnesota judges nearly shut out DOJ in a week of immigrant detention hearings
An MS NOW review of court cases found that in 61 challenges to immigrant detention last week, all but one succeeded, an apparent blow to Trump’s Operation Metro Surge.
Minnesota judges nearly shut out DOJ in a week of immigrant detention hearings
— Emma Jean Kitty (@emmajeankitty.bsky.social) 2026-01-29T06:12:50.650Z
An MS NOW review of court cases found that in 61 challenges to immigrant detention last week, all but one succeeded, an apparent blow to Trump’s Operation Metro Surge.
www.ms.now/news/minneso...
https://www.ms.now/news/minnesota-judges-nearly-shut-out-doj-in-a-week-of-immigrant-detention-hearings
As the fight against the surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity continues on the streets of Minneapolis, many significant legal battles are taking shape inside Minnesota’s federal courts. An MS NOW analysis of Minnesota federal court cases has found that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is losing many of them. ....
MS NOW studied the 61 cases challenging immigrants’ detention — also known as habeas corpus petitions or habeas cases — that were decided in the week between Jan. 20 and Jan. 27. All but one of the detainees won.
Documents show that judges ordered 40 of those immigrants to be released from federal custody, either immediately or within days. The orders came from judges nominated by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
In 18 of the cases in which judges ordered release, they also ordered that the Justice Department confirm that the detainees have, in fact, been released. In one case, court records show the government did not comply with that order, drawing a sharp rebuke from Judge Jeffrey Bryan. Bryan, a Biden nominee who previously served in the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office and also as a county judge, then ordered the DOJ to confirm within hours its compliance and to state a reason for the delay in the first place.
MS NOW brought the findings to Scott Shuchart, a senior official for policy at ICE during the Biden administration, who noted that the number of habeas filings is up across the country, in part because the Trump administration has changed longstanding policy toward immigrants already living in the U.S. and detained many of these immigrants without warrants or a bond hearing.
“The level of filings and the rate of success seem extremely high relative to what we usually see with immigration-related habeas petitions,” Shuchart said.
MS NOW studied the 61 cases challenging immigrants’ detention — also known as habeas corpus petitions or habeas cases — that were decided in the week between Jan. 20 and Jan. 27. All but one of the detainees won.
Documents show that judges ordered 40 of those immigrants to be released from federal custody, either immediately or within days. The orders came from judges nominated by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
In 18 of the cases in which judges ordered release, they also ordered that the Justice Department confirm that the detainees have, in fact, been released. In one case, court records show the government did not comply with that order, drawing a sharp rebuke from Judge Jeffrey Bryan. Bryan, a Biden nominee who previously served in the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office and also as a county judge, then ordered the DOJ to confirm within hours its compliance and to state a reason for the delay in the first place.
MS NOW brought the findings to Scott Shuchart, a senior official for policy at ICE during the Biden administration, who noted that the number of habeas filings is up across the country, in part because the Trump administration has changed longstanding policy toward immigrants already living in the U.S. and detained many of these immigrants without warrants or a bond hearing.
“The level of filings and the rate of success seem extremely high relative to what we usually see with immigration-related habeas petitions,” Shuchart said.
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