Kelley filed an emergency petition asking for Tipan Echeverria and his daughter’s release around 5:37 p.m. Thursday, less than five hours after they were taken into ICE custody, the affidavit states. About 40 minutes later, she filed a motion asking a judge to stop the transfer of Tipan Echeverria outside Minnesota and to order the release of the child.
Over the next several hours, Kelley placed numerous calls to ICE counsel to bring their attention to the filings, but said she did not receive a response.
At 8:11 p.m. on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kathy Menendez enjoined ICE from removing the father and child from Minnesota. She also issued an order to release the child to the family’s attorney no later than 9:30 p.m., citing “irreparable harm” of keeping her in custody, the affidavit states.
ICE informed the court after the fact that Tipan Echeverria and his daughter had been placed on a commercial flight to Texas at 8:30 p.m.
Bold to test a judge’s willingness to apply sanctions.
I’m not sure how well this generalizes, but some of the most racist people I’ve ever talked to were Scandinavian (in their own country). Talking to them was jaw-dropping, even compared to the US South.
Edit: to clarify, this seemed to be a small minority of the people.
The US is not even close to the most racist/xenophobic countries/cultures on the planet. It’s just that a lot of Americans without much experience actually living in different countries/cultures, or paying attention to their news, think that the worst they hear about here, is the worst there is.
Sports events elsewhere have literally been delayed due to racism, lol.
Unfortunately the far right is on the rise here as well. A party founded by literal nazis in the late 80’s is now the second biggest party in Sweden for example.