US EditionJudge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown: Report
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the release of hundreds detained in the Chicago-area immigration crackdown, siding with attorneys from the National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Cummings found that the violations stemmed from a 2022 consent decree that limits warrantless arrests and requires pre-arrest documentation and probable-cause checks in the six-state consent-decree region.
- Attorneys say about 3,300 people were arrested since June, including Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, a daycare teacher seized shortly after 7 a.m. at Rayito de Sol daycare during Operation Midway Blitz.
- The judge also paused deportations and set a Nov. 21 deadline for the Department of Justice to grant bond to eligible detainees and submit expanded arrest lists by ICE and Border Patrol.
- The judge said people without criminal histories or prior removal orders can be released on a $1,500 bond, with ICE producing risk assessments for 403 of 615 detainees, labeling 313 low risk and 12 high risk.
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News-HeraldFederal judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees on bond
A federal judge on Wednesday said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests during “Operation Midway Blitz” are being challenged under a consent decree that limits so-called “warrantless arrests” that occur without a prior warrant or probable cause. In a packed hearing at Chicago’s federal courthouse, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the immediate release of 13 people whose arrests the Department of Justice agree…
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* Tribune… A federal judge on Wednesday said he plans to grant bond to hundreds of immigrants whose arrests under “Operation Midway Blitz” allegedly violated a consent decree against “warrantless arrests.” U.S District Judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the Department of Justice to produce a list by Nov. 19 of which of the 615 potential class members were [...]
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