Federal judges in California are sanctioning DOJ attorneys for keeping immigrants in detention despite court orders to release them. Chief Judge Nunley imposed a $250 fine on a DOJ lawyer who failed to comply, and declared a judicial emergency after the Eastern District received 2,700+ habeas corpus petitions since January—a 540% surge compared to last year. The Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for all arrested immigrants, signed into law last July with $45 billion in detention funding, has flooded courts with cases judges say should result in release; nearly 2,000 people have been freed by Eastern District judges this year alone. This represents a fundamental shift in immigration enforcement that even judges appointed by Republican administrations say violates due process.