“Unreliable,” “untethered to the facts” and “simply not credible.”
As the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown moved from Los Angeles to Portland to Chicago last year, that is how federal judges described claims made by the government in court.
Now, as the administration battles fresh lawsuits over its immigration operations in Minnesota and Illinois, it faces accusations of aggressive tactics, unlawful treatment of protesters and retaliatory detentions – all of which it has defended itself against before.
In Chicago, the government will again face US District Court Judge Sara Ellis, who has already accused one of its top immigration officials of lying under oath. And in Minnesota, where lawsuits have been filed by protesters, residents and state officials, another judge said federal attorneys have yet to turn over “meaningful” evidence to support some of their claims.
Justice Department lawyers have turned over hours of body camera footage and reams of incident reports in an effort to provide evidence of what they say are American cities plagued by criminal migrants and law enforcement targeted, threatened and injured by violent protesters. The disclosures have revealed a string of inconsistencies, misrepresentations and, in one instance, “outright lying,” according to rulings against the administration written by federal judges.
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