Federal judge criticizes ICE for illegally keeping man in jail

Federal judge criticizes ICE for illegally keeping man in jail

A judge in Iowa has taken federal officials to task for insisting on a court order before complying with the law and releasing a man from the Muscatine County Jail. (Photo by David Talukdar/Getty Images)In a sharply worded ruling, a judge in Iowa has taken federal officials to task for insisting on a court order before complying with the law and releasing a man from the Muscatine County Jail. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger. (Photo …

Judge sharply criticizes federal officials for handling of immigration detention case in Iowa

Hunter 03/22/26 An Iowa judge has criticized federal officials for refusing to release an immigrant from the Muscatine County Jail without a court order. Iowa Capitol Dispatch reports US District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger tols the US Department of Justice that it was “untenable that federal officials refuse to meet their obligations to follow the law” by knowingly incarcerating a man in violation of his due process rights. The case involves…