Federal judge’s ‘unhinged’ order in migrant case ignites Republican fury, impeachment demand
A federal judge’s unusual order for immigration authorities to release a father and his five-year-old son over the weekend was met with fierce backlash from Republicans after it suggested the...
By Fox News · Fox News
A federal judge’s unusual order for immigration authorities to release a father and his five-year-old son over the weekend was met with fierce backlash from Republicans after it suggested the Trump administration was cruel and had a "perfidious lust for unbridled power." Judge Fred Biery’s brief order, laced with disapproval, said Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son Liam were seeking "nothing more than some modicum" of due process. The judge, a Clinton appointee, included a Bible verse about Jesus crying and a viral photo of the small child wearing a backpack. DHS FIRES BACK AFTER DEM ACCUSES ICE OF 'NEEDLESSLY' DETAINING BOY WITH FATHER AFTER MOM REFUSED TO TAKE HIM Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, responded by adding Biery to his short list of judges he has recently been urging the House to impeach. "This federal judge misspelled ‘impeach me—immediately.’ House GOP, you know what to do," Lee wrote. The Center for Immigration Studies' law and policy fellow Andrew Arthur said the order was "bizarre." Attorney General Pam Bondi's former chief of staff, Chad Mizelle , wrote on X: "I honestly thought this was fake." "I really hope this is a joke," Mizelle wrote. "Because if not, this is the biggest validation of our criticism since Day 1 that the liberal judiciary is unhinged." Conservative Fox News political analyst Guy Benson called the order "lawless, overwrought resistance slop," and his remark was shared on social media by DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. Some noted the judge dated his signature using the nonexistent "February 31st" in a legal document, where minor technical defects tend to matter and can disrupt entire cases. Biery's quotes made broad statements on deportations , while his observations on the specifics of the case were brief. The judge said the Trump administration showed "ignorance" of the Declaration of Independence. "The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, a…