A group of Minnesota lawyers schemed to shield their illegal alien clients from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to a series of leaked emails obtained by Fox News Digital.
The emails were sent on February 6 to the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' member email list, a member of the group told the news outlet.
That same day, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) issued a formal legal opinion, claiming that state law prohibits "law enforcement agencies from holding someone based on an immigration detainer if the person would otherwise be released from custody." Ellison noted that ICE's detainers "are requests, not commands."
An email string with the subject line "ICE at the PSF," presumably referring to the Public Safety Facility, warned the attorneys that "plain clothes ICE officers have been spotted at Hennepin County PSF today."
