Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.

The top lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota left the agency in recent days, exiting as a crush of litigation stemming from the immigration crackdown in the state has overwhelmed the court system.

The lawyer, Jim Stolley, the outgoing chief counsel for ICE in the state, has not publicly addressed the circumstances of his departure. Starting this week, emails sent to his government account generated an automated response noting that he had “retired from public service.” …

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    12 days ago

    If they’re checking resumes for this position as closely as they’re checking them for the armed bullies, maybe I could get the job with 0 legal experience and lose a lot of cases.

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      What’s that quote about how fascism leaks and constantly breaks? It will always lose because it depends on those who it abuses to keep it functioning. Quiet quitting had always been a th. People only support what they believe in