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Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:46 PM 2 hrs ago

Federal attorney who complained 'this job sucks' is running for Congress against Rep. Ilhan Omar

The former federal attorney who proclaimed “this job sucks” in a courtroom amid Operation Metro Surge is now running for Congress as a Democrat.

Julie Le made national headlines for her Feb. 3 outburst before U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell, who was demanding answers as to why the federal government missed deadlines to release five immigrants from custody.

Le, who was working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office at the time, explained that she and her coworkers had been working around the clock to address a wave of immigration cases filed in Minnesota since the start of Operation Metro Surge.

“What do you want me to do? The system sucks. This job sucks,” Le said, according to a court transcript.

She said she had “stupidly” volunteered to join the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota, and she had started Jan. 5, to help handle petitions challenging immigrant detentions.

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Federal attorney who complained 'this job sucks' is running for Congress against Rep. Ilhan Omar (Original Post) question everything 2 hrs ago OP
Most important thing to know about her. She VOLUNTEERED for that abominable RockRaven 2 hrs ago #1
She hasn't a chance against Omar. Ocelot II 1 hr ago #2
(As an aside, this evinces the need to beef up our immigration judiciary snot 38 min ago #3

RockRaven

(19,245 posts)
1. Most important thing to know about her. She VOLUNTEERED for that abominable
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 01:56 PM
2 hrs ago

immigration detention job. I don't care if she later felt sorry for herself. Fuck that.

Ocelot II

(130,358 posts)
2. She hasn't a chance against Omar.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 02:17 PM
1 hr ago

She might mean well but she'd be of far more use as a whistleblower, or as a private attorney representing immigrants.

snot

(11,767 posts)
3. (As an aside, this evinces the need to beef up our immigration judiciary
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:30 PM
38 min ago

rather than simply building a host of gigantic detention centers to incarcerate more immigrants longer.)

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