AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Trump judge slams DHS for blocking detainees' access to lawyers
A Trump -appointed federal judge said immigration enforcement agencies "violated noncitizen detainees' constitutional" rights at a Minnesota facility in a scathing ruling on Thursday. Why it matters: U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel's ruling that "policies and practices" at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building "all but extinguish a detainee's access to counsel" marked the 45th time that a judge nominated by President Trump had ruled against his mass detention agenda, per a Politico review. Driving the news: Brasel in the emergency restraining order ruled ICE must give detained immigrants access to attorneys as soon as they've been taken into custody. - The order that will remain in effect through Feb. 26 comes after a class-action…