U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey Bryan is considering sanctions against U.S Attorney Daniel Rosen for violating court orders to return belongings of illegally detained immigrants and comply with other court orders in over two dozen cases. A contempt judgement against Rosen would mark a significant escalation in the ongoing feud between the Trump administration and federal judges over the warrantless arrest of hundreds of immigrants in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. Rosen argued that losing people's belongings did not amount to contempt and that the Department of Justice and ICE had not brought anyone who could identify the lost items to the court. Since Bryan's order on Feb. 26, much of the missing property has been returned, but two cases were deemed "futile".