Amy Bergquist

Seeing on the socials that there were no ice flights out of MN Friday, the first full day the order was in effect.

Then why did the Feds bring Liam home? If we’re not even going to try to use the courts then we’re ceding power.

Court can hold lawyers in contempt. This isn’t a “we can’t find the detainee subject to habeas” situation. Government should be able to find sufficient office space and functional telephones at Whipple to comply and if not then the next step will be the court ordering release of detainees.

I think there’s a substantive difference when the court is recognizing the rights of attorneys to access their clients. The order is very clear and makes it very easy for attorneys to show whether Feds are complying. And the order preempts the “we’re too overwhelmed” excuse.

Well the same judge ordered that they give plaintiffs’ attorneys access to Whipple on Tuesday and they did so. Those attorneys are my colleagues at @advhumanrights.bsky.social . If the Feds don’t comply my colleagues will be right back in court in front of the same no-nonsense judge.

Order says the government can’t ship them out of state for 72 hours & has to notify the detainee beforehand and give detainee the chance to speak with counsel beforehand.

@alt-text.bsky.social all the text in a new handout for noncitizen detainees at the Whipple building, as ordered by federal judge

The point of the court’s order is that lawyers are allowed. She specifies 9-5 M-F and at least 4 hours per day Sat & Sun. You can bet that if ICE does not allow @advhumanrights.bsky.social ‘s lawyers in the building they will be back in court asap moving to hold the government in contempt.

CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 95-1 Filed 02/12/26 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA NOTICE TO NONCITIZEN DETAINEES: COURT ORDER 1. Within one hour of your detention and before you are transferred out of this facility: You will be provided with your A-number and a list of telephone numbers for free legal service providers. You will be provided with these materials (and this Notice) in English, Spanish, Somali, French, and Hmong. If you cannot read or if you speak a different language, you may request and will be provided with an in-person or phone translation of these materials. b. You will have free and private access to the telephone. You will be allowed to make the number of calls necessary to reach your lawyer or family. 2. You will not be transferred out of Minnesota during the first 72 hours of your detention. Before you are transferred from this facility: a. You will be informed of your transfer destination. b. You will have access to the telephone

until you are able to reach counsel or family. These calls will be free, private, and accessible as described in Paragraphs 3 and 5, below. 3. After your first call(s), you can continue to make free, private telephone calls with your lawyer. There is no limit to the number of calls you can make to your lawyer, and there is no limit to the length of your calls. If a time limit is necessary for security purposes or to make sure other detainees can use the telephone, you can still spend up to 20 minutes on a call. "Private" means that you can make the call without being overheard by officers, other staff, or other detainees. 4. If your lawyer calls the facility to give their name, phone number, or other message, that information will be provided to you in writing as promptly as possible. 5. If you have a disability, you will have access to telephone services on the same terms as detainees without disabilities (e.g., video calls). 6. Your location will be accurately identified in the ICE

Online Detainee Locator System by your name, birth date, and A-number. 7. Your lawyer can visit you at the facility in a private room seven days a week, for a minimum of eight hours per day on business days (Monday through Friday), and a minimum of four hours per day on weekends and holidays. 8. The government cannot retaliate against you for complaining about any violation of this Notice, including in your immigration proceedings or in any other context. Dated: February 12, 2026 BY THE COURT: s/Nancy E. Brasel Nancy E. Brasel, United States District Judge

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If it were any human rights violation other than the right to counsel, I would share your pessimism. But lawyers are going to lawyer (in a good way) and they will know as of 9am today whether Whipple is complying. Government lawyers do not like it when their “clients” get them held in contempt.

As it says on the notice in para 1a, the government must provide written translations of the notice in French, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish, and oral translations if writing and/or those languages don’t work for a particular detainee.

Yes, to some extent. But the judge rejected the government’s dangerous argument that noncitizens can get counsel access in Texas or wherever they are shipped off to. The 72-hour ban on transfers was not a slam-dunk remedy at the TRO stage and is a *huge* win. Kudos to @advhumanrights.bsky.social !

The notice itself says in para 1a, and the order also says (the notice is called exhibit A).

Judge has her shit together and does not want to leave the tiniest loophole.

Excellent question! To be provided in writing in English, French, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish, but translated orally into those languages or any other language if the detainee cannot read or cannot understand one of those five languages. The judge has her bases covered!

Congratulations to @advhumanrights.bsky.social and the whole legal team!

The judge is telling feds they have to substantively respect noncitizens’s right to counsel. Huge win.

Sheet outlining the rights of noncitizens detained at the Whipple building in Minnesota

Trump appointee orders ICE to give this sheet to every noncitizen they detain at the Whipple building

Hyper-local candlelight vigils tonight at 7pm. Spread the word and connect with Minneapolis neighbors.

Reaching out to see if they need help is very different from “send your lawyers to Minneapolis”

Yes I’m well aware. But “send your lawyers to Minneapolis” is kinda insulting to lawyers in Minneapolis who are on board and doing good work. We know how to ask for help when we need it.

There are big national law firms with offices in Minneapolis. And big national law firms based in Minneapolis.

Do you really think Minneapolis doesn’t have lawyers? Plenty of local firms are engaged.

Brooklyn Park is a suburb

Did not speak - not sure whether they were present.

That’s not MPD. MPD did not speak at this press conference.

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