Vera (Ranieri) Vong

Defendants shall ensure that every noncitizen taken into custody under the Immigration and Nationality Act and initially detained at the ERO Holding Facility at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building located at 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota ("Detainee"), within one hour of their 36 CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 95 Filed 02/12/26 Page 37 of 41 detention and prior to being transferred out of state, is given the following materials: a. Defendants shall provide Detainees their A-number in writing. b. Defendants shall provide a printed copy of Exhibit A to this Order. c. Defendants shall attach to Exhibit A a list of accurate telephone numbers for current free legal service providers serving the jurisdiction of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Office. d. Exhibit A, the list of free legal service providers, and written notification of the Detainee's A-number shall be furnished to each Detainee in English, Spanish, Somali, French, and Hmong. Defendants shall provide, without charge, to each Detainee who is illiterate or not proficient in any of those languages an in-person or telephonic oral translation of these materials.

Defendants shall provide Detainees with reasonable and equitable access to telephones. Within one hour of detention and prior to being transferred out of the Whipple Federal Building, Detainees shall be provided free, private, and unmonitored access to the telephone. Defendants shall permit Detainees to make the number of calls necessary to reach counsel or family. 37 CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 95 Filed 02/12/26 Page 38 of 41 3. Thereafter, Defendants shall provide Detainees with access to confidential telephone calls with their legal representation at no charge to the Detainee. a. Defendants shall not restrict the number of calls a Detainee places to their legal representatives or to obtain representation. Defendants shall not limit the duration of such calls by rule or automatic cut-off, unless necessary for security purposes or to maintain orderly and fair access to telephones. If time limits are necessary for such calls, the calls shall be no shorter than 20 minutes, and the Detainee shall be allowed to continue the call, if desired, at the first available opportunity. Additionally, Defendants shall ensure privacy for Detainees' telephone calls regarding legal matters. Detainees must be able to make such calls without being overheard by officers, other staff, or other Detainees.

Defendants shall allow inbound confidential calls from Detainees' legal representation. A telephone number for counsel to call in order to reach Detainees shall be conspicuously displayed online. Defendants shall monitor that telephone line from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. CST, seven days per week. If an attorney requests that Defendants provide the attorney's name, phone number, or other 38 CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 95 Filed 02/12/26 Page 39 of 41 message to a Detainee, the Detainee shall receive that information, in writing, as promptly as possible. 4. Detainees with disabilities shall be provided access to telephone services on the same terms as Detainees without disabilities are provided access to telephones. Such telephone services may include video relay service or video remote interpretation service. 5. Defendants shall ensure that the Online Detainee Locator System of defendant Immigrations and Customs Enforcement accurately identifies the location of each Detainee by name, date of birth, and A-number in real time. 6. Defendants shall not transfer a Detainee out of Minnesota during the first 72 hours of their detention.

If Defendants transfer a Detainee from the Whipple Federal Building, the following obligations apply: a. First and foremost, Defendants shall inform the Detainee of the transfer destination. b. After being told the transfer destination, Defendants shall provide the Detainee with the opportunity to use the telephone until they are able to reach counsel or family. These calls shall be free, private, and accessible as outlined in Paragraphs 2 and 4, above. 39 CASE 0:26-cv-00749-NEB-DLM Doc. 95 Filed 02/12/26 Page 40 of 41 8. Defendants shall provide access to the Whipple Federal Building for legal visitation by current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. Legal visitation shall be permitted seven days per 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. Defendants shall provide private rooms for closed-door discussions between Detainees and current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. 9. Defendants shall not retaliate in any manner against any Plaintiff or Detainee, including in their immigration proceedings or in any other context, for participating in this litigation or complaining about any alleged violation of this Temporary Restraining Order.

The TRO goes in depth and provides very specific requirements.

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I don't normally re-skeet this sort of thing, but @benv.ca is a good friend who truly believes in this product (and it sounds actually useful!). Congrats to him and the team. (Go check it out!)

A simple proposal for federal judges frustrated that Trump Regime isn’t freeing people in response to habeas corpus orders:

Order that DHS bring each individual to court for their habeas hearing. If the judge grants habeas, the petitioner walks out free.

Bonus: huge pre-hearing burden on feds.

As an IP lawyer by original trade, I would like even one company to learn that sometimes even in a commercial you can just fucking say “Super Bowl” and you don’t have to say “Big Game”. Are you talking about selling people a new TV to watch the Super Bowl? Then guess what you can say in your ad?

"Maybe the city's full" says the man living in a 2.7 million dollar house on Palmerston, while sipping $170 scotch after defeating a multiplex proposal across the street.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

a woman holding a plate of food with the words you just fold it in Alt: Moira Rose: "you just fold it in"

I literally just played this scene for my Patents students yesterday. RIP to an icon.

Agreed.

One thing to know: it's not like it's a free for all here. Abortion is highly regulated by the medical community directly. So while there are no criminal laws, there are restrictions.

On Jan. 28, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the abortion provision of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional & violated the Canadian Charter of Rights. Since then Canada has had no abortion law and it is considered a medical procedure. We still have a lower abortion rate than the USA.

This is why anything less than abolishing ICE is meaningless. Congress could set more rules, ICE will continue to flout them. The org is rotten to the core.

EFF Statement on ICE and CBP Violence Dangerously unchecked surveillance and rights violations have been a throughline of the Department of Homeland Security since the agency’s creation in the wake of the September 11th attacks. In partic...

Proud to see @eff.org make a clear statement on ICE and CBP, as befits an organization dedicated to standing up for human rights. And the team's work in defending digital privacy has never been more vital than it is right now. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

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I agree with this take. I don’t agree with capital punishment, in whatever form it takes. For the State to have moral legitimacy and supremacy, it must not ever purposefully take a life. Even in times of war, deaths must be minimized even if inevitable.

I think it's good to go out and celebrate/honor the good in this world, like Wikipedia, especially given Wikipedia's work to disseminate truth.

It’s time.

I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.

A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.

It is way, way worse than the first video made it look.

He was helping someone else up, got maced, and then got dragged to the ground from behind and shot multiple times.

Today's murder courtesy of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

I watched the video and pretty much everyone is representing it pretty much accurately and I don't think you need to watch it if your takeaway is that a bunch of ICE guys were on top of a dude who they were beating and then one of them decided to shoot him at point blank range for no obvious reason

Holy shit, half a dozen agents wrestling an observer on the ground and then one just shoots him, multiple times. Just f'ng shoots him

This won’t play well with Canadians, who remember it is Trump threatening to annex us and take away the Canadian way of life. Everything he does just pushes the national sentiment further away and into the arms of others.

We're good, thanks.

Canada suffered its first casualties in Afghanistan when a US fighter pilot mistaken bombed them. I don’t care if Trump really believes his shit or he’s trolling, he can fuck all the way off.

Whoa. With prejudice!

This should be given to first year law students as an example of how NOT to write persuasively. The rhetoric is extreme and undermines any argument they have.

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

A few months ago, ICE hired me

I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable

And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"

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This is insane to me. Are people not satisfied with their wealth? When is enough, enough?

This sort of response shows how deeply unserious Evan Solomon is about AI and its risks/benefits. Canada had an opportunity here to be a leader in setting norms around AI. Pity.

Read this and try not to cry.