Block Club Chicago: South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: ‘It Looks Like Hell’

A “now renting” sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

He’s an Army veteran now retired after three decades working for the U.S. Postal Service.

Federal agents pounded on the door of his South Shore apartment about 2 a.m. Tuesday.

“I told them they must have the wrong apartment,” the man said.

But armed agents busted open many doors after arriving in U-Haul trucks to raid the 130-unit apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive. They woke up residents to handcuff them with zip ties and led them into unmarked vans.

Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen, said he heard “people dropping on the roof” before FBI agents kicked in his door. He was stuffed inside a van with his neighbors for what felt like several hours until agents told them the building was clear, he said.

“They didn’t tell me why I was being detained,” Johnson said. “They left people’s doors open, firearms, money, whatever, right there in the open.”

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said federal agencies arrested at least 37 people in the operation at the building, which they claimed is frequented by members of Venezulan gang Tren de Aragua. About 300 federal agents, some landing on the roof from helicopters, descended upon the building, according to NewsNation, which was invited along for the operation.

The report didn’t mention women and children appear to be among the detained, said Brandon Lee, a spokesman with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Organizers worry many people were taken without warrants.

“These were families with their children escorted out in the middle of the night,” Lee said. “This administration is using PR efforts to try to turn communities against their neighbors.”

Residents said the building had become home to Venezuelan migrants. The raid saw people’s apartments turned upside down, citizens held for hours and their neighbors taken away to unknown places. Belongings were stolen from apartments after the agents left the building open.

The Army veteran, who went blind recently and asked not use his name, said the agents moved on to the next apartment after coming to his home.

“I was trying to protect myself,” he said. “My nerves were shook.”

By Wednesday afternoon, the building appeared largely abandoned by residents.

Unsigned waivers allowing DHS to disclose “records about you to a third party” were on front gates near “Know Your Rights” flyers. Broken windows scattered the property. Anyone could just walk in.

Dan Jones stood outside with police officers to file a report after his valuables — from his mattress and iPad down to his air fryer — were stolen after agents broke his door.

Jones slept at an aunt’s house following the raid and returned to find clothing and garbage that wasn’t his all over his apartment floor.

A small moving crew said they had been hired after the raid to clear out now-vacant units — but didn’t say by who. Doors were boarded up. In one room, there were zip ties and blood stains on the floor next to baby shoes. Flies swarmed around open fridges.

Water damage had caved in ceilings. Strollers and air conditioners and more things left behind blocked the middle of dark hallways. The lobby elevators were broken, with their buttons perpetually lit on the down arrow.

There was a strong odor everywhere.

Jones said the building’s “dirty” conditions predated the raid, but this was the worst he’d seen the place. It was the first of the month and his rent was due.

“It looks like hell,” Jones said. “ICE really just a gang.”

Jones said he’d been cordial with the Venezuelans who moved onto his floor.

“They were cool people,” Jones said. “We took it upon ourselves to at least keep it clean over here.”

Residents said problems at the property started after a new management company was brought on over a year ago. Cleanings became less regular, and two armed security guards were removed, they said.

That led to squatters, Jones said.

The Army veteran was guided through the mess in the lobby Wednesday by a caretaker. He couldn’t see the worst of it. The former postman complained of his mail being routinely stolen — and that he’ll have to keep living in the building as he tries to find somewhere else.

“It was a good place to live when I first got here,” he said.

The building’s ownership traces back to Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood, according to public records. Flood is facing a $27 million foreclosure lawsuit for not making loan payments on three South Shore properties she bought for $18 million in 2020, according to The Real Deal.

The city also filed suit in February against Flood’s LLCs for over 15 building code violations at the South Shore Drive property dating back to 2023, seeking that it be put under receivership, according to court records. The building failed its past 14 annual inspections, according to data from the city’s Department of Buildings.

“Building throughout has fire extinguishers that are missing,” city lawyers wrote in its legal complaint. “All stairways are filthy with strong smell of urine.”

Flood could not be reached, and the building’s management company, Strength In Management, did not return requests for comment.

The property was most recently estimated at an under $3 million market value, according to the Cook County Assessor’s Office. An online listing has it up for sale for more than $15 million as part of a “Jackson Park Portfolio” with two other South Shore buildings. The listing agent, Finley Askin, did not return a request for comment.

“Capital improvements to the portfolio consist of updated electric/plumbing, newer windows, on-site laundry, and renovated units,” the listing reads.

A “now renting” sign outside lists a number for Safe Harbor Reality, but agent Curtis Krolak said the company hasn’t managed the property in over two years.

“They never took it down,” Krolak said.

Since June, police have reported multiple gun crimes in the 7400 and 7500 blocks of South South Shore Drive, including two homicides, a shooting and two armed robberies, according to city data.

City crime outlet CWB reported that Jose Coronado-Meza, 25, accused of being a Tren de Aragua member, was charged with murder in June, with officials saying he killed another migrant inside the building.

Jonah Karsh, a community organizer with Metropolitan Tenants Organization, had tried to unionize tenants in August 2024 after a gas leak left some without functional stoves for over a month.

“The conditions were deplorable before the raid and have only deteriorated,” Karsh said. “The management was primarily responsible for failing to maintain the property and security.”

Walls on the building’s second floor were spray-painted with “Venezuela,” but it was unclear when. Many of the floor’s units had broken doors and appeared to be home to young children.

South Shore had been a landing spot for many Venezuelans when tens of thousands of migrants were bused from the southern border to Chicago and other Democrat-led cities.

“People stayed at shelters there and then found apartments,” Lee said.

At one point, migrants who received help through a state rental assistance program were living in the building, Karsh said. That funding was set to run out within months.

Karsh has kept contact with leasing tenants who did not have their doors broken or marked during the raid.

Those residents have since been sent instructions about receiving new keys.

“As of today, all points of entry to the building will be secured,” a Strength in Management employee wrote in an email. “Keys will be delivered to active tenants.”

Jones’ eyes welled with tears as he looked around his destroyed apartment. He wants to move. Rebuilding will be harder.

“My place was nice,” he said.

On his way out, he still tried to close the door.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: ‘It Looks Like Hell

Daily Mail: Armed woman who ‘doxxed’ law enforcement is shot by ICE agents in Chicago after patrol was ‘rammed by 10 cars’

A woman was shot by Border Patrol agents in Chicago after officers were ‘boxed in’ by a gang of vehicles, officials said. 

Authorities were on patrol in the Windy City’s South Side near 39th and Kedzie on Saturday when officials said they were ‘rammed by ten cars’.

According to a statement released by the Department of Homeland Security, one of the drivers was a woman armed with a semi-automatic weapon, forcing officers to open fire. 

Their statement added that the female in question was part of an internal threat bulletin circulated after allegedly doxxing law enforcement officials online. 

The posts, made under the name La Maggie, were shared to Facebook and involved an agent in Chicago. Daily Mail has approached the DHS for further comment on the person pictured on that account.

According to the statement the woman involved is a US citizen and she ‘drove herself to the hospital’ to get immediate care. 

That was denied by a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department however, who told the Chicago Sun Times that the woman was found by teams and taken to hospital. 

It remains unclear at this time when the shooting unfolded, it is understood no officers were injured in the incident. 

A woman was shot by Border Patrol agents in Chicago after officers were ‘boxed in’ by a gang of vehicles, officials said. 

Authorities were on patrol in the Windy City’s South Side near 39th and Kedzie on Saturday when officials said they were ‘rammed by ten cars’.

According to a statement released by the Department of Homeland Security, one of the drivers was a woman armed with a semi-automatic weapon, forcing officers to open fire. 

Their statement added that the female in question was part of an internal threat bulletin circulated after allegedly doxxing law enforcement officials online. 

The posts, made under the name La Maggie, were shared to Facebook and involved an agent in Chicago. Daily Mail has approached the DHS for further comment on the person pictured on that account.

According to the statement the woman involved is a US citizen and she ‘drove herself to the hospital’ to get immediate care. 

That was denied by a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department however, who told the Chicago Sun Times that the woman was found by teams and taken to hospital. 

It remains unclear at this time when the shooting unfolded, it is understood no officers were injured in the incident. 

‘CPD is not involved in the incident or its investigation. Federal authorities are investigating this shooting, and all further inquiries regarding the circumstances of this shooting should be referred to the appropriate federal authorities.’ 

The Trump administration has set its sights on Chicago in recent week to fulfill the next phase of their mass deportations. 

On Friday 13 people were arrested protesting near an immigration facility outside of the city that has been frequently targeted. 

At the ICE facility, some protesters aimed to block vehicles from going in or out of the area in recent weeks, part of growing pushback to the crackdown. 

The crackdown has been dubbed ‘Midway Blitz,’ the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it has resulted in more than 1,000 immigration arrests.

Federal agents fired tear gas, pepper balls and other projectiles toward crowds in response and at least five people face federal charges after being arrested.

‘It is clear federal agents cannot be trusted to act to protect the safety and constitutional rights of the public,’ the Democrat said.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has ordered state agencies to coordinate possible action ‘to hold federal agents accountable’, after a raid on an apartment building this week.

Residents, some of whom were children, were pulled from the building regardless of status, detained for hours and some kept in handcuffs. 

Children were separated from their parents, while officers smashed windows and tore through apartments, leaving piles of debris in the hallways.

Homeland Security officials said 37 undocumented immigrants were arrested, some with criminal histories and two allegedly members of a criminal Venezuelan gang.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15162525/Federal-agents-shoot-woman-patrol-Chicago.html

Newsweek: ICE Agents Dragged Naked Children Out of Homes in Chicago Raid: Neighbors

Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago.

Newsweek reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for comment via email.

Why It Matters

Immigration enforcement is at the forefront of the national conversation surrounding the policy in the United States as the administration pushes to remove millions of migrants without legal status. The administration is facing increased scrutiny as well as several allegations of misconduct against federal agents.

What To Know

In the pre-dawn hours of September 30, federal agencies coordinated a large-scale immigration enforcement action targeting a five-story apartment building near 75th Street and South Shore Drive, according to a Department of Homeland Security official. The DHS said that 37 individuals were arrested and that the operation involved the U.S. Border Patrol, FBI, and ATF.

The agency claimed the building and surrounding area were tied to activity by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, and that those arrested included people allegedly involved in drug trafficking, weapons offenses, or immigration violations.

Ebony Sweets Watson, who lives across the street from the building, told WBEZ Chicago that she saw federal agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without clothes and loading them into U-Haul vans. She said the children were separated from their mothers.

Watson says she observed what appeared to be “hundreds” of agents outside her home.

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” Watson told the news station. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

“Stuff was everywhere,” Watson told WBEZ. “You could see people’s birth certificates and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building, told CBS News Chicago: “No shoes, the kids didn’t have no shirts or no pants on. They just treated us like we were nothing.”

This raid comes amid Operation Midway Blitz, a federal push across Chicago and the wider Illinois area that began in early September. The initiative aims to apprehend undocumented immigrants, particularly those with criminal records, under a broader mandate by DHS.

The administration is coordinating multiple federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Border Patrol, the FBI, and the ATF, to carry out enforcement operations nationwide. Critics have characterized some of the immigration raids as aggressive and have raised concerns about potential violations of due process and the treatment of migrants in custody.

ICE and U.S. Border Patrol officers arrested more than 800 individuals without legal status during Operation Midway Blitz, according to a press release by DHS issued on October 1.

What People Are Saying

A DHS official told Newsweek: “In the early morning hours of September 30, 2025, allied federal law enforcement agencies with CBP, FBI, and ATF, executed an enforcement operation in Chicago’s South Shore area, a location known to be frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates. Some of the targeted subjects are believed to be involved in drug trafficking and distribution, weapons crimes, and immigration violators.

What Happens Next

Immigration arrests are expected to continue as part of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-dragged-naked-children-out-homes-chicago-raid-10823150

MSNBC: Pam [Bimbo #3] Bondi’s cynical, misleading attack on Judge Boasberg

Another crack in the foundation of American democracy.

Earlier this week, the Justice Department escalated its fight with the judiciary by filing an ethics complaint against Judge James Boasberg, the chief U.S. district judge in Washington, D.C. Boasberg is overseeing the case challenging the Trump administration’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to a Salvadoran prison without due process. The new complaint, signed by Attorney General Pam [Bimbo #3] Bondi’s chief of staff, accuses Boasberg of making improper comments about President Donald Trump.

Only those wearing MAGA-tinted glasses could fail to see this complaint for what it is: another brazen attack on the rule of law and the constitutional separation of powers, and another crack in the foundation of American democracy.

The controversy began March 15, when five Venezuelans sued Trump and other administration officials to block their imminent deportation under a 2025 presidential proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act. That 1798 law allows the removal of foreign citizens when there is a “declared war … or any invasion or predatory incursion” by a foreign nation against the United States. The plaintiffs were among hundreds being deported to a country other than their homeland. They were not given an opportunity to challenge the legality of their deportation, or even to contest the government’s allegations that they were gang members. Comparing the situation to a Kafka-esque nightmare, Boasberg ordered the administration to stop the deportations.

In April, the case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled for the administration on a legal technicality regarding the proper mechanism and jurisdiction for the suit. At the same time, the court unanimously affirmed that those facing deportation must be allowed to bring a legal challenge before removal. The case was sent back to Boasberg and remains ongoing.

Shortly after the Supreme Court’s ruling, Boasberg also found that the government had likely committed criminal contempt of court by willfully disobeying his order to stop deportations. He offered the government a chance to correct its contempt before referring the case for prosecution, but in April a three-judge panel from the D.C. appellate court paused the contempt proceedings without addressing the merits. Curiously, the pause has lasted for months, leaving the contempt action in limbo.

Then came Monday. The Justice Department formally accused Boasberg of committing misconduct during a national judicial conference held March 11 — before the deportation case began. The complaint alleges Boasberg “attempted to improperly influence Chief Justice [John] Roberts and roughly two dozen other federal judges” by expressing “his belief that the Trump Administration would ‘disregard rulings of federal courts’ and trigger ‘a constitutional crisis.’” In the AEA case, then, Boasberg “began acting on his preconceived belief that the Trump Administration would not follow court orders.” The DOJ argues that Boasberg’s “words and deeds” harmed “public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.”

To begin with, the DOJ’s complaint is misleading: The memo it cites, summarizing the conference, says Boasberg “raised his colleagues’ concerns,” not his own. But no matter who raised the concerns, they would be right on the mark. Trump’s record of contempt for the judiciary is well established. Throughout his first term, he repeatedly criticized judges who ruled against the administration. While out of office, Trump repeatedly leveled personal attacks against not only the judges presiding over his criminal and civil cases, but even court staff and their family members. And Trump specifically called for Boasberg’s impeachment in March after the judge ordered a temporary pause in deportations.

Although Trump has publicly said that he would follow court orders, his administration’s track record on respecting judicial authority suggests otherwise. For example, in early July, the Justice Department filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the entire bench of federal judges in Maryland, challenging an administrative order issued by their chief judge regarding deportation cases. Disturbingly, there is also evidence that Emil Bove, whom the Senate confirmed Tuesday to an appellate judgeship, told DOJ prosecutors that, if necessary, they should ignore court orders that stop deportations.

Given this track record, for the Trump administration to accuse Boasberg of undermining public confidence in the judiciary is the pinnacle of hypocrisy. In truth, the complaint against Boasberg is an obvious stunt. The administration is following the old legal adage: When the facts and the law are against you, “pound the table and yell like hell.”

No matter where this complaint goes from here, it is likely to have a chilling effect on judicial independence. Judges routinely discuss their constitutional approach or emerging legal trends in public, including during Senate confirmation hearings. This complaint puts a target on the backs of judges who speak out against executive overreach or comment on other broad legal issues that could be perceived as contrary to administration policy.

It will threaten judicial independence, undermine judicial legitimacy, and ultimately show that, for this administration, legal authority depends on political loyalty rather than adherence to the rule of law.

The justices of the Supreme Court appear to at least understand this in principle. Speaking at a judicial ceremony in May, Chief Justice John Roberts emphasized judicial independence is “crucial” to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.” Against the backdrop of Trump’s attacks on the federal judiciary, Roberts reiterated the familiar simile that judges are like umpires, responsible for calling balls and strikes fairly and impartially.

It’s less clear whether Roberts and his colleagues are prepared to fight for that ideal. After all, when a manager’s antics — like kicking dirt at the umpire’s feet or screaming in his face — begin to undermine the integrity of the game itself, eventually even the most restrained umpire must be prepared to eject him. Without that implicit threat, the game will collapse under the bullying of any manager who is unwilling to follow the rules everyone else plays by.

No one should tolerate that: not in a sporting event and certainly not in an arena when our nation and democracy are at stake.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/justice-department-pam-bondi-judge-boasberg-rcna222067

New York Times: Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say

In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims.

To hear President Trump tell it, the nation is facing a rebellion in Los Angeles, an invasion by a Venezuelan gang and extraordinary foreign threats to its economy.

Citing this series of crises, he has sought to draw on emergency powers that Congress has scattered throughout the United States Code over the centuries, summoning the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of California’s governor, sending scores of migrants to El Salvador without the barest hint of due process and upending the global economy with steep tariffs.

Legal scholars say the president’s actions are not authorized by the statutes he has cited and are, instead, animated by a different goal.

“He is declaring utterly bogus emergencies for the sake of trying to expand his power, undermine the Constitution and destroy civil liberties,” said Ilya Somin, a libertarian professor at Antonin Scalia Law School who represents a wine importer and other businesses challenging some of Mr. Trump’s tariffs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-emergency-powers-invasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.tEO-.S_2DmAE6Yws9&smid=url-share

New York Times: Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say

In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims.

To hear President Trump tell it, the nation is facing a rebellion in Los Angeles, an invasion by a Venezuelan gang and extraordinary foreign threats to its economy.

Citing this series of crises, he has sought to draw on emergency powers that Congress has scattered throughout the United States Code over the centuries, summoning the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of California’s governor, sending scores of migrants to El Salvador without the barest hint of due process and upending the global economy with steep tariffs.

Legal scholars say the president’s actions are not authorized by the statutes he has cited and are, instead, animated by a different goal.

“He is declaring utterly bogus emergencies for the sake of trying to expand his power, undermine the Constitution and destroy civil liberties,” said Ilya Somin, a libertarian professor at Antonin Scalia Law School who represents a wine importer and other businesses challenging some of Mr. Trump’s tariffs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trump-emergency-powers-invasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.tEO-.S_2DmAE6Yws9&smid=url-share

Wired: The Trump Administration Wants to Create an ‘Office of Remigration’

“Remigration”—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.

As part of a sweeping reorganization of the State Department, the Trump administration is creating an Office of Remigration. Remigration is an immigration policy embraced by extremists that calls for the removal of all migrants—including “non-assimilated” citizens—with the goal of creating white ethnostates in Western countries.

The details of the plan are contained in a 136-page notification document sent by the State Department to six Congressional commitees—including the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—for approval by July 1, according to a copy reviewed by WIRED.

“The Office of Remigration will serve as the [Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration]’s hub for immigration issues and repatriation tracking,” the document reads. “It will provide a policy platform for interagency coordination with DHS and other agencies on removals/repatriations, and “for intra-agency policy work to advance the President’s immigration agenda.”

The notification says that the Office of Remigration “will also actively facilitate the voluntary return of migrants to their country of origin or legal status,” which is a key aim of remigration ideology.

There are three phases to “remigration”:

On [Martin Sellner’s] site, he lays out a three-phase plan to implement remigration. The first phase, dubbed the “Immediate Stabilization of Asylum Chaos,” has striking similarities to Trump’s current immigration policies.

The second phase of Sellner’s plan, following the initial removal of undocumented immigrants, includes the removal of “migrants who entered the country legally and have a residence/work permit, or temporary visa, but are an economical, criminal or cultural burden.”

The final phase targets citizens who are seen as “non assimilated,”and it involves passing laws to “target parallel societies with economic and cultural pressure” and entice citizens to migrate abroad with the use of loans, payments, and other assistance. The plan, Sellner claims, will allow “the wounds of multiculturalism to heal.”

This is like Hitler’s Mein Kampf, all laid out in writing and scarcely anybody is paying attention.

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-office-remigration-state-department-europe-far-right

Daily Mail: Democrat Mayor of Nashville under investigation for helping illegal migrants evade ICE

When asked about what specifically he was accusing the mayor of doing, the congressman told reporters, ‘Well that’s why we’re going to have an investigation,’ but failed to name any crimes.  

The Democrat has denied any wrong doing while pushing support for the Belonging Fund.

‘The Belonging Fund supports families known to be impacted as a result of activities related to immigration, but the entire point is family supports, cost of living, those kinds of things,’ O’Connell told the local outlet. 

‘It’s not even intended to be about legal services, so it is about people who have identified food insecurity as a result of possibly losing somebody who was an earner in the household, it is about childcare, it is about basic family needs.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14754825/nashville-mayor-freddie-oconnell-ice-investigation-migrants.html

NBC News: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem struggles to define habeas corpus at Senate hearing

“Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country,” Noem said. “That’s incorrect,” a Democratic senator responded.


My God, how stupid is this woman?


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mangled a response to a question about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing Tuesday, referring to the constitutional right of due process as a “right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.”

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., asked Noem about the constitutional protection after noting that White House adviser Stephen Miller told reporters earlier this month that the administration was “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, the right to challenge an arrest or imprisonment.

“I want to clarify your position,” Hassan asked. “What is habeas corpus?”

“Well, habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country, and suspend their right to … ,” Noem responded before she was cut off by Hassan.

“That’s incorrect,” the senator said.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason,” Hassan said, calling it a “foundational right.”

“So Secretary Noem, do you support the core protection that habeas corpus provides, that the government must provide a public reason in order to detain and imprison someone?” she asked.

Noem responded, “I support habeas corpus. I also recognize that the president of the United States has the authority under the Constitution to decide if it should be suspended or not.” 

Uhh … no, he doesn’t.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna207986

Raw Story: Judge hits Trump admin with sharply worded threat over ‘intentional refusal to comply’

The Trump Department of Justice faces a new legal deadline after a federal judge warned that its failure to comply with a court order could be treated as an “intentional refusal” to follow the law.

In a sharply worded one-page order, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the Justice Department missed a key deadline to produce a privilege log tied to its claims of the state secrets privilege in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national wrongfully deported to the country in March.

“Evidently missing from the defendants’ filing is the privilege log that this court ordered to be produced,” Xinis wrote in the document posted by Politico’s Kyle Cheney. The judge gave the government a Tuesday afternoon deadline to file the log and delivered a warning.

“Failure to file the privilege log or otherwise respond will be construed as an intentional refusal to comply with this court’s orders,” according to the order. The dispute bubbled up last week after the Trump administration invoked the state secrets privilege to shield details surrounding Abrego Garcia’s case, according to a report in Politico.

The judge set the next in-person hearing for Friday.

https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2671999899