<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US government lawyer"><span>US government lawyer</span></a><span> who vented to a court hearing about how much her job sucked has lost her job.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Department of Homeland Security attorney Julie Le was called to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="" title="US District Court of Minnesota"><span>US District Court of Minnesota</span></a><span> to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/liam-ramos-ice-update-judge-orders-fiveyearold-and-father-be-released-from-immigration-detention/d6bd7867-57b3-4a91-9d6c-9f0d26550b7e" rel="" target="" title="explain why detainees ordered released by the judge were not being set free"><span>explain why detainees ordered released by the judge were not being set free</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/george-floyd-died-from-lack-of-oxygen-expert-says-derek-chauvin-trial/da960a4d-d8de-4112-b812-7a651ca7b717" rel="" target="" title="Judge Jerry Blackwell"><span>Judge Jerry Blackwell</span></a><span> was demanding answers after he had repeatedly asked for immigrants incorrectly detained by the department to be released, only to have his orders seemingly ignored.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/germany-nuclear-weapons-france-uk-us-news-world-news/ad38aa1b-e766-4406-ba5a-f72075a5e5a8"><strong><span>Major world power eyeing the nuclear option</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a remarkable admission made to the court, Le opened up on what she really felt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What do you want me to do? The system sucks. This job sucks," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And I am trying every breath that I have so that I can get you what you need."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/this-job-sucks-trump-administration-lawyer-tells-court-julie-le-minnesota-usa-news/67f0feaa-9b06-414e-82ee-3995aff1cf98" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exasperated lawyer made a stunning remark.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sometime I wish you would just hold me in contempt, Your Honour, so that I can have a full 24 hours of sleep," Le said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I work days and nights just because people (are) still in there."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Le told the court her team of lawyers had been swamped after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="" title="sweeping raids in the city in Minneapolis"><span>sweeping raids in the city in Minneapolis</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands of agents from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="" title="Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are in the city to arrest immigrants"><span>Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are in the city to arrest immigrants</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier today, it was announced 700 agents would be withdrawn from the city "effective immediately".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-files-testify-congress-house-oversight-usa-news/759f2255-ba69-4397-82c3-ab8af43d5bb2"><strong><span>Clintons make a deal that could keep them out of prison</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The judge was responsive to Le's remarks but ultimately showed greater sympathy to those detained.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we really want is simply compliance," Blackwell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Because on the other side of this is somebody who should not have been arrested in some instances in the first place who is being held in jail or put in shackles for days, if not a week-plus, after they've been ordered released."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Blackwell decried the government for taking unlawfully detained people from their homes in Minneapolis to detention facilities across the country and then releasing them without returning them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We learn that somebody is put out on the street with just the clothes on their backs and have to figure out how to get back here when they should not have been arrested here in the first place, let alone flown halfway across the continent of North America," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have to now say, bring them back."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-donald-trump-greg-bovino-alex-pretti-shooting-tom-homan-minnesota-latest-updates/a3e57492-f6bf-47e4-8465-74b9ef5b46e5"><strong><span>Trump fires his chief enforcer in Minneapolis</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Blackwell was also sharply critical of unlawfully detained people being forced to wear ankle monitors so the government could track their whereabouts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also criticised the government releasing people onto the streets when it was -25 degrees outside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Le spoke of her own concern about how Border Patrol and ICE were targeting people in Minnesota who were not white.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am not white, as you can see. And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Again, fixing a system, a broken system, I don't have a magic button to do it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NBC News reported that Le "is no longer detailed to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-minneapolis-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-shooting-usa-news/1559ed66-1cc5-4978-9b1b-4323c203ef57"><strong><span>Trump's party break ranks to call for investigation into shooting</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Blackwell rose to prominence as the prosecutor who handled the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/derek-chauvin-was-trained-to-defuse-situations-police-official-tells-trial/f85dd3fe-ffd8-4f75-8f6e-78680a28d249" rel="" target="" title="infamous Derek Chauvin trial"><span>infamous Derek Chauvin trial</span></a><span> over the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/george-floyd-died-from-lack-of-oxygen-expert-says-derek-chauvin-trial/da960a4d-d8de-4112-b812-7a651ca7b717" rel="" target="" title="death of George Floyd"><span>death of George Floyd</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was appointed as a judge during the Biden administration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>