Federal Judge Backs Away From Threat to Hold ICE Leader in Contempt

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Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz canceled a hearing that was set for Friday afternoon. The purpose of the hearing was for Lyons to explain the agency’s tactics amid the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown.

The hearing was initially scheduled after ICE failed to comply with an order regarding Juan Hugo Tobay Robles. The agency was required by a Jan. 14 court order to hold a bond hearing for Tobay Robles or release him from detention within seven days. Schiltz said that the agency neither held the hearing nor released Tobay Robles, sparking the threat of contempt.

However, Graham Ojala-Barbour, an attorney for Tobay Robles, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that his client has since been released from detention in Texas.

Schiltz made it clear in an order following Tobay Robles’ release that the court still had concerns about ICE’s actions beyond the case that sparked the now-canceled Friday hearing. He said that ICE had violated 96 orders in 74 cases since Jan. 1, 2026.

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