WASHINGTON (TNND) — The chief federal judge in Minnesota ordered ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons to appear in court on Friday and explain why detained immigrants have been denied due process during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the state.

Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz noted in his order that the administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings.

“This Court has been extremely patient with respondents, even though respondents decided to send thousands of agents to Minnesota to detain aliens without making any provision for dealing with the hundreds of habeas petitions and other lawsuits that were sure to result,” the judge wrote.

“Respondents have continually assured the Court that they recognize their obligation to comply with Court orders, and that they have taken steps to ensure that those orders will be honored going forward. Unfortunately, though, the violations continue," he continued.

The judge said he recognized that ordering the head of a federal agency to appear in person was extraordinary. “But the extent of ICE’s violation of court orders is likewise extraordinary, and lesser measures have been tried and failed,” Schlitz wrote.

The order comes one day after President Donald Trump ordered border czar Tom Homan go to Minnesota and take over the immigration enforcement following the second shooting death in a month.

Head of Border Patrol Greg Bovino was scheduled to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, following reports that Trump wasn’t pleased with how he and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the death of Alex Pretti.

Rumors swirled that Bovino had been fired, but Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin clarified that Bovino had not been relieved of his duties.

An internal memo from Lyons in May reportedly told agents they could forcibly enter the homes of people without a judicial warrant if they were subject to deportation.

Whistleblower Aid detailed in a release that Lyons authorized ICE agents to rely on Form I-2025 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by "a necessary and reasonable amount of force."

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Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.