ICE agent Brian Sullivan apprehended Wilson Martell-Lebron last week as he was leaving the courthouse. However, a Boston Municipal Court judge ruled on Monday that Sullivan had violated Martell-Lebron’s rights to due process and a fair trial by taking him into custody during the proceedings, the Associated Press reported.

Only hours after Boston’s top prosecutor criticized federal immigration officials on Wednesday as “extraordinarily reckless” for detaining a man mid-trial last week, the U.S. Department of Justice responded in a series of remarkable letters and court filings.

A district attorney in Boston harshly criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday after one of its agents detained a suspect while he was on trial. ICE agent Brian Sullivan took Wilson Martell-Lebron,

A Boston Municipal Court judge held a federal immigration agent in contempt Monday for detaining a defendant in the middle of his trial, in the latest clash between the local criminal justice system and authorities implementing President Trump’s orders to conduct mass deportations of immigrants.

The Suffolk County District Attorney is criticizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for interfering in a local prosecution, days after ICE detained a man who was on trial for allegedly lying on a driver’s license form.

A judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was on trial.