DOJ tries to bar Minnesota judges from immigration cases after comments about Trump

The Justice Department is seeking to remove two federal judges in Minnesota from separate immigration-related cases, arguing that comments they made to the New York Times about immigration enforcement raise questions about their impartiality. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodard, the department’s third-ranking official, filed motions Tuesday targeting U.S. District Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim. […]

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