Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Source: ABC News
January 18, 2026, 8:22 PM
Thousands of people have been arrested during ICE operations in Minneapolis over the past two weeks. Multiple attorneys allege that for some of those detained, including at least one U.S. citizen, the Department of Homeland Security is denying their constitutional right to see an attorney.
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th and 6th Amendment rights to due process and the right to consult with counsel.
“ICE agents were physically restricting me from seeing them,” said one immigration attorney, who asked not to be identified. “I stood outside the attorney visitation room for about four hours on Thursday, trying to see one of my clients who had been there for multiple days. I kept saying, you got to let me see my client. And they just kept repeating, we don't do attorney visitation.”
The Department of Homeland Security denied that any constitutional violations are taking place at the Whipple Federal Building. In a statement, a spokesperson for DHS denied the attorneys’ claims, adding that all detainees “have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-allege-dept-homeland-security-denying-legal-counsel/story?id=129335914
They are lying. EVERY single location where they have operated they have denied access until "it made the news" and/or it went to court and the court made them do it.
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